http://www-900.ibm.com/developerWorks/cn/java/jdbc-objects/index.shtml 1. Objects that can be used to get information from the database: DatabaseMetadata about information about the entire database: table name, table index, name and version of the database product, and the operation of database support. ResultSet About a table of information or results of a query. You must access the data line by line, but you can access columns in any order. ResultSetMetadata information about the names and types of columns in ResultSet. Use of three objects 2. Create your own database object: ResultSet and Database