Setting column names in a sql statement

Question

hello everyone i hope someone can help me.
i want a sql statement that gets the column names from a arraylist for example
String sql = ("INSERT INTO Cust (and i want this part to get what is in the arraylist) values (?, ?, ?)");
is there any way i can do this?
thanks for your time
loftty

Answer 1

hello again
well when i try to compile it i get an error saying [ODBC SQL server driver] COUNT field incorrect or syntax error.
what is the problem here?
and regarding my previous question my arraylist holds three names (firstname, lastname and postcode) now i want to be able to add 10 values to the column name firstname, then i want to add 8 values to the column name lastname and then 9 values to column name postcode.
i hope this is a better understanding if not let me know and i will try and explain again.
thanks for your time
loftty
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer("INSERT INTO Cust (");
                                             Iterator it = arr.iterator();
                                             while (it.hasNext())
                                                  String col = (String) it.next();
                                                  sb.append(col);
                                                  if (it.hasNext())
                                                       sb.append(',');
                                                  sb.append(") values (?, ?, ?)");
                                                  String sql = sb.toString();
                                             PreparedStatement prepStmt = con.prepareStatement(sql);
                                                       prepStmt.setString(1, "hello");
                                                       prepStmt.setString(2, "hi");
                                                       prepStmt.setString(3, "bye");
                                                       prepStmt.executeUpdate();
                                                       prepStmt.close();