The four examples in this directory show how to use some of the

features of the JTable component.

TableExample:

This application includes a GUI for configuring the

database connection and specifying the query.

TableExample2:

The query and database connection are specified at the command

line. The results are displayed in a JTable.

TableExample3:

Is a minimal example showing how to plug a generic sorter into the

JTable.

TableExample4:

Uses specialized renderers and editors.

TableExample3 and TableExample4 do not depend on database connectivity

and can be compiled and run in the normal way.

The most interesting example is probably TableExample, which has a

TextArea that can be used as an editor for an SQL expression. Pressing

the Fetch button sends the expression to the database. The results are

displayed in the JTable underneath the text area.

To run TableExample and TableExample2, you need to find a driver for

your database and set the environment variable JDBCHOME to a directory

where the driver is installed. See the following URL for a list of

JDBC drivers provided by third party vendors:

http://java.sun.com/products/jdbc/drivers.html

Once you find the driver, you can run one of the database examples by

specifying a class path that includes the JDBC classes and the example

classes.

For example:

java -classpath $(JDBCHOME):TableExample.jar TableExample

These instructions assume that this installation's version of the java

command is in your path. If it isn't, then you should either

specify the complete path to the java command or update your

PATH environment variable as described in the installation

instructions for the Java(TM) SE Development Kit.