How to determine database type for a given JDBC connection?

Question

I need to handle resultsets returning stored procedures/functions for three databases (Oracle, sybase, MS-Server). The procedures/functions are generally the same but the call i

Answer 1

I suspect you would want to use the DatabaseMetaData class. Most likely DatabaseMetaData.getDatabaseProductName would be sufficient, though you may also want to use the getDatabaseProductVersion method if you have code that depends on the particular version of the particular database you're working with.

Answer 2

You can use org.apache.ddlutils, class Platformutils:

databaseName = new PlatformUtils().determineDatabaseType(dataSource)