How to handle "Variant" data type?

I am using SQL 2000, and want to use "Variant" data type. Can I handle it in java with ODBC connection? What classes and methods need I use? Thanks a lot.

ODBC does not have a notion of variant types. This limits the use of the sql_variant data type with an ODBC driver in SQL Server 2000. In SQL Server 2000, if binding is specified, the sql_variant data type must be bound to one of the documented ODBC data types.
(Quote from http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/odbcsql/od_6_020_28yr.asp )
Possible solutions:
- CAST or CONVERT the datatype to another suitable data type in the query
OR
- Retrieve the column as a binary stream

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