Non-English string access from excel sheet through JDBC

Question

My excel sheet data is
Test ������������
I am using JDBC connectivity for accessing the Excel sheet.
Code looks like,
List Output = new List();
try
Class.forName( "sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver" );
c = DriverManager.getConnection( "jdbc:odbc:qa-list", "", "" );
stmnt = c.createStatement();
ResultSet rs = stmnt.executeQuery("select * from [Sheet1$];");
ResultSetMetaData rsmd = rs.getMetaData();
int numberOfColumns = rsmd.getColumnCount();
for(int i=1; i <= numberOfColumns; i++){
Output.add(rsmd.getColumnLabel(i));
catch( Exception e )
System.err.println( e );
finally
try
stmnt.close();
c.close();
catch( Exception e )
System.err.println( e );
Now. I am showing those data into the table(JTable) Applet programming.
For, English string it is showing properly but, for non-English string are showing �???????????????????�
I would like to know what could be the reason.
Addional info:
ava version "1.6.0_01"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_01-b06)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.6.0_01-b06, mixed mode, sharing)
If possible please send some reference code .

Answer 1

I have one excel sheet which having differenct countries specific meaining of common words.
I am using JDBC connectivity for accessing that Excel sheet.
Code looks like,
List Output = new List();
try
Class.forName( "sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver" );
c = DriverManager.getConnection( "jdbc:odbc:qa-list", "", "" );
stmnt = c.createStatement();
ResultSet rs = stmnt.executeQuery("select * from [Sheet1$];");
ResultSetMetaData rsmd = rs.getMetaData();
int numberOfColumns = rsmd.getColumnCount();
for(int i=1; i <= numberOfColumns; i++){
Output.add(rsmd.getColumnLabel(i));
catch( Exception e ){
System.err.println( e );
finally{
try{
stmnt.close();
c.close();
catch( Exception e ){
System.err.println( e );
Now. I am showing those output data into the table(JTable) in my Applet programming.
For, English string it is showing properly but, for non-English strings are showing question marks like, �?????�
I would like to know what could be the reason.
Please help me, i am stuck in my project.