Converting MS Access to XML

Question

Egads!
I'm attempting to port an Access 97 db to MySql, and I figured I'd make the thing a utility, so I'm trying to be as generic as possible. Therefore, I'm working with the odious '[Microsoft][ODBC Microsoft Access Driver]' to get the metadata of the db structure so that I can dynamically create an xml dom and use that to recreate the db in mySql. The problem: when I attempt to get a listing of the column names for a given table, the driver is giving me the following error:
java.sql.SQLException: [Microsoft][ODBC Microsoft Access Driver]Optional feature not implemented.
Below is the offending snippet:
private Vector getColumns(String tableName, DatabaseMetaData dbmd)
throws Exception{
Vector columns = new Vector();
Hashtable columnData;
try{
String catalog = this.con.getCatalog();
System.out.println("getting columns for table " + tableName);
ResultSet rs = dbmd.getColumns(catalog,"%",tableName,"%");
I've tried using "" instead of specifying the catalog and this makes no difference. Anyone out there know if there is any way to get around this? I'm using jdk 1.3's standard jdbc-odbc bridge.
Thanks,
Rachel

Answer 1

Actually, I found the answer to this one already...Thanks to Sesh Venugopal's article on JavaWorld: http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/javatips/jw-javatip82.html Apparently, the table name has to be all-caps and the patterns as generic as possible:
ResultSet rset = dbMeta.getColumns(null, null,
table.toUpperCase(), "%");
So, if anyone else has a similar problem, that may be the answer.
Rachel