View Tables of DB2 Database using JDBC

[dvawdrey]

Can someone help me please with the following code:

try {
            DatabaseMetaData metadata=con.getMetaData();
            System.out.println(metadata.getDriverName());
            System.out.println("Driver version: " +metadata.getDriverVersion());
 
            System.out.print("JDBC version: " + metadata.getJDBCMajorVersion());
            System.out.println("." +metadata.getJDBCMinorVersion());
 
            System.out.println("Database product name: " +metadata.getDatabaseProductName());
            System.out.println("Database product version: " +metadata.getDatabaseProductVersion());
            System.out.print("Database version: " +metadata.getDatabaseMajorVersion());
            System.out.println("." +metadata.getDatabaseMinorVersion());
 
            String[] names = {"TABLE"};
            //exception occurs on next line:
            ResultSet tables = metadata.getTables(null,"%", null, names);
            while (tables.next()) {
                String tableName = tables.getString("TABLE_NAME");
                System.out.println(tableName);
            }
        } catch (SQLException se) {
            System.out.println("Error: could not get tables");
            se.printStackTrace();
            System.exit(1);
        }
 

I get the following error, which I have not been able to resolve:

IBM DB2 JDBC Universal Driver Architecture
Driver version: 3.1.57
JDBC version: 3.0
Database product name: DB2/AIX64
Database product version: SQL09013
Database version: 9.1
Error: could not get tables
com.ibm.db2.jcc.c.SqlException: DB2 SQL error: SQLCODE: -443, SQLSTATE: 38553, SQLERRMC: SYSIBM.SQLTABLES;TABLES;SYSIBM:CLI:-805
at com.ibm.db2.jcc.c.fg.d(fg.java:1340)
at com.ibm.db2.jcc.b.gb.k(gb.java:351)
at com.ibm.db2.jcc.b.gb.e(gb.java:96)
at com.ibm.db2.jcc.b.w.e(w.java:83)
at com.ibm.db2.jcc.b.vb.i(vb.java:164)
at com.ibm.db2.jcc.c.fg.q(fg.java:1311)
at com.ibm.db2.jcc.c.gg.d(gg.java:2386)
at com.ibm.db2.jcc.c.hg.V(hg.java:146)
at com.ibm.db2.jcc.c.t.a(t.java:7384)
at com.ibm.db2.jcc.c.t.a(t.java:5974)
at com.ibm.db2.jcc.c.t.getTables(t.java:5885)
...

[SueDaws]

Did you ever get a reply to this post? I ask because we are also getting the same error - DB2 version 8 fixpack 14, AIX 5.3 ML4 and ML5 - and have been unable to resolve it.

Can someone help me please with the following code:

try {
            DatabaseMetaData metadata=con.getMetaData();
            System.out.println(metadata.getDriverName());
            System.out.println("Driver version: " +metadata.getDriverVersion());
 
            System.out.print("JDBC version: " + metadata.getJDBCMajorVersion());
            System.out.println("." +metadata.getJDBCMinorVersion());
 
            System.out.println("Database product name: " +metadata.getDatabaseProductName());
            System.out.println("Database product version: " +metadata.getDatabaseProductVersion());
            System.out.print("Database version: " +metadata.getDatabaseMajorVersion());
            System.out.println("." +metadata.getDatabaseMinorVersion());
 
            String[] names = {"TABLE"};
            //exception occurs on next line:
            ResultSet tables = metadata.getTables(null,"%", null, names);
            while (tables.next()) {
                String tableName = tables.getString("TABLE_NAME");
                System.out.println(tableName);
            }
        } catch (SQLException se) {
            System.out.println("Error: could not get tables");
            se.printStackTrace();
            System.exit(1);
        }
 

I get the following error, which I have not been able to resolve:

IBM DB2 JDBC Universal Driver Architecture
Driver version: 3.1.57
JDBC version: 3.0
Database product name: DB2/AIX64
Database product version: SQL09013
Database version: 9.1
Error: could not get tables
com.ibm.db2.jcc.c.SqlException: DB2 SQL error: SQLCODE: -443, SQLSTATE: 38553, SQLERRMC: SYSIBM.SQLTABLES;TABLES;SYSIBM:CLI:-805
at com.ibm.db2.jcc.c.fg.d(fg.java:1340)
at com.ibm.db2.jcc.b.gb.k(gb.java:351)
at com.ibm.db2.jcc.b.gb.e(gb.java:96)
at com.ibm.db2.jcc.b.w.e(w.java:83)
at com.ibm.db2.jcc.b.vb.i(vb.java:164)
at com.ibm.db2.jcc.c.fg.q(fg.java:1311)
at com.ibm.db2.jcc.c.gg.d(gg.java:2386)
at com.ibm.db2.jcc.c.hg.V(hg.java:146)
at com.ibm.db2.jcc.c.t.a(t.java:7384)
at com.ibm.db2.jcc.c.t.a(t.java:5974)
at com.ibm.db2.jcc.c.t.getTables(t.java:5885)
...

[docdiesel]

Hi,

I'm not a java programmer, but I may offer a workaround from DB2 side. To get a list of all non-system tables you may query the following sql statement:

select
  creator,name
from
  sysibm.systables
where creator not like 'SYS%' ;

This gives you the schema and the tablename. If you'd like to get the system tables as well, then just forget about the WHERE clause.

Regards,

Bernd