selecting the variable column

[jump]

hi !
i m using the java program and i want to access the variable column from the ms sql server data base .
when i try to access the particular value as"select * from [table name] where [column name]=[value in string];
i get the error as invalid column name or invalid descriptor index.
i would be thank to u if u solve my problem.
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[BigDaddyLH]

Take Sun's JDBC tutorial: http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/jdbc/index.html
I suggest always using java.sql.PreparedStatement instead of the ad hoc java.sql.Statement.