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/*=====================================================================

File: SparseColumns.java
Summary: This Microsoft JDBC Driver for SQL Server sample application
demonstrates how to detect column sets. It also shows a
technique for parsing a column set's XML output, to get the
data from the sparse columns.
---------------------------------------------------------------------
This file is part of the Microsoft JDBC Driver for SQL Server Code Samples.
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

This source code is intended only as a supplement to Microsoft


Development Tools and/or on-line documentation. See these other
materials for detailed information regarding Microsoft code samples.

THIS CODE AND INFORMATION ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF
ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND/OR FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
=====================================================================*/
import java.io.StringReader;
import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.ResultSetMetaData;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.sql.Statement;

import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder;
import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;

import org.w3c.dom.Document;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
import org.xml.sax.InputSource;

public class SparseColumns {

public static void main(String args[]) {

// Create a variable for the connection string.


String connectionUrl =
"jdbc:sqlserver://<server>:<port>;databaseName=AdventureWorks;user=<user>;password=
<password>";

try (Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection(connectionUrl); Statement


stmt = con.createStatement()) {

createColdCallingTable(stmt);

// Determine the column set column


String columnSetColName = null;
String strCmd = "SELECT name FROM sys.columns WHERE object_id=(SELECT
OBJECT_ID('ColdCalling')) AND is_column_set = 1";

try (ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery(strCmd)) {


if (rs.next()) {
columnSetColName = rs.getString(1);
System.out.println(columnSetColName + " is the column set
column!");
}
}

strCmd = "SELECT * FROM ColdCalling";


try (ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery(strCmd)) {

// Iterate through the result set


ResultSetMetaData rsmd = rs.getMetaData();

DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();


DocumentBuilder db = dbf.newDocumentBuilder();
InputSource is = new InputSource();
while (rs.next()) {
// Iterate through the columns
for (int i = 1; i <= rsmd.getColumnCount(); ++i) {
String name = rsmd.getColumnName(i);
String value = rs.getString(i);

// If this is the column set column


if (name.equalsIgnoreCase(columnSetColName)) {
System.out.println(name);

// Instead of printing the raw XML, parse it


if (value != null) {
// Add artificial root node "sparse" to ensure XML
is well formed
String xml = "<sparse>" + value + "</sparse>";

is.setCharacterStream(new StringReader(xml));
Document doc = db.parse(is);

// Extract the NodeList from the artificial root


node that was added
NodeList list = doc.getChildNodes();
Node root = list.item(0); // This is the <sparse>
node
NodeList sparseColumnList =
root.getChildNodes(); // These are the xml column nodes

// Iterate through the XML document


for (int n = 0; n < sparseColumnList.getLength(); +
+n) {
Node sparseColumnNode =
sparseColumnList.item(n);
String columnName =
sparseColumnNode.getNodeName();
// Note that the column value is not in the
sparseColumNode, it is the value of
// the
// first child of it
Node sparseColumnValueNode =
sparseColumnNode.getFirstChild();
String columnValue =
sparseColumnValueNode.getNodeValue();

System.out.println("\t" + columnName + "\t: " +


columnValue);
}
}
} else { // Just print the name + value of non-sparse
columns
System.out.println(name + "\t: " + value);
}
}
System.out.println();// New line between rows
}
}
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}

private static void createColdCallingTable(Statement stmt) throws SQLException


{
stmt.execute("if exists (select * from sys.objects where name =
'ColdCalling')" + "drop table ColdCalling");

String sql = "CREATE TABLE ColdCalling ( ID int IDENTITY(1,1) PRIMARY


KEY, [Date] date, [Time] time, PositiveFirstName nvarchar(50) SPARSE,
PositiveLastName nvarchar(50) SPARSE, SpecialPurposeColumns XML COLUMN_SET FOR
ALL_SPARSE_COLUMNS );";
stmt.execute(sql);

sql = "INSERT ColdCalling ([Date], [Time]) VALUES ('10-13-09','07:05:24')


";
stmt.execute(sql);

sql = "INSERT ColdCalling ([Date], [Time], PositiveFirstName,


PositiveLastName) VALUES ('07-20-09','05:00:24', 'AA', 'B') ";
stmt.execute(sql);

sql = "INSERT ColdCalling ([Date], [Time], PositiveFirstName,


PositiveLastName) VALUES ('07-20-09','05:15:00', 'CC', 'DD') ";
stmt.execute(sql);
}
}

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