Simple 9 column table with a column header

Question

I have looked for hours at the docs for creating a scrollable table. I think what I want is so simple, that the complexity of the docs overwhelms me. I need a jTable that once is fills over 8 rows, it begins to scroll. The table then is 9 columns wide by 8 rows in height. Each of the 9 columns are not the same size. Can anyone get me started with creating this ??? Sorry, I have no duke $$. :o(

Answer 1

I actually had to change a few things. The latest code is a follows:
My vertical lines appeared when I added the row,col(8,9) in the DefaultTableModel. And when I did that, the model.add... actually produced 18 columns, so I had to change to "model.setColumnIdentifiers()" to fix that. So the only part is the centered headers. That's gotta be Netbeans. I'm using jBuilder 2005. Thanks for your input. I'm almost there. :o)
int columnWidths[] = {24,27,115,30,40,33,46,46,25};
String columnIDs[] = {"Trans #","Ticket","Transaction Code","Gallons",
                        "Price","Variance","Charge Amt","Credit Amt","Age"};
DefaultTableModel model = new DefaultTableModel(8,9);
  JTable jTable1 = new JTable(model);
jTable1.setFont(new java.awt.Font("Courier New", Font.PLAIN, 13));
    jTable1.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(620, 160));
    jTable1.setAutoResizeMode(JTable.AUTO_RESIZE_OFF);
    jTable1.setShowHorizontalLines(false);
    model.setColumnIdentifiers(columnIDs);
    for( int j = 0; j < 9; j++ ) {
      TableColumn col = jTable1.getColumnModel().getColumn(j);
      col.setPreferredWidth(columnWidths[j]);
    jScrollPane1.setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy(JScrollPane.
                                              HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_NEVER);