/**
 * OdbcFlatListTables.java
 * Copyright (c) 2007 by Dr. Herong Yang. All rights reserved.
 */
import java.sql.*;
public class OdbcFlatListTables {
  public static void main(String [] args) {
    Connection con = null;
    try {
      Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");
      con = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:odbc:HY_FLAT");

      DatabaseMetaData meta = con.getMetaData();
      ResultSet res = meta.getTables(null, null, null, 
         new String[] {"TABLE"});
      System.out.println("List of tables: "); 
      while (res.next()) {
         System.out.println(
            "   "+res.getString("TABLE_CAT") 
           + ", "+res.getString("TABLE_SCHEM")
           + ", "+res.getString("TABLE_NAME")
           + ", "+res.getString("TABLE_TYPE")
           + ", "+res.getString("REMARKS")); 
      }
      res.close();

      con.close();
    } catch (Exception e) {
      System.err.println("Exception: "+e.getMessage());
    }
  }
}

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