{"id":723,"date":"2011-01-18T03:32:40","date_gmt":"2011-01-18T08:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dpriver.com\/blog\/?page_id=723"},"modified":"2011-01-18T03:46:43","modified_gmt":"2011-01-18T08:46:43","slug":"get-columns-in-select-list","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dpriver.com\/blog\/list-of-demos-illustrate-how-to-use-general-sql-parser\/get-columns-in-select-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Get columns in select list"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s quite simple and straightforward to get column information in select list by using a SQL Parser which maybe hard to achieve when using other tools like regex when query become more complex such as including nested subquery.<\/p>\n<p>Below is a simple Java program that get all columns in select list:<\/p>\n<pre>\r\npackage demos.gettablecolumns;\r\n\r\nimport gudusoft.gsqlparser.TCustomSqlStatement;\r\nimport gudusoft.gsqlparser.EDbVendor;\r\nimport gudusoft.gsqlparser.ESqlStatementType;\r\nimport gudusoft.gsqlparser.TGSqlParser;\r\nimport gudusoft.gsqlparser.nodes.TResultColumnList;\r\nimport gudusoft.gsqlparser.stmt.TSelectSqlStatement;\r\n\r\nimport java.io.File;\r\n\r\npublic class getResultColumn  {\r\n\r\n    public static void main(String args[])\r\n     {\r\n         TGSqlParser sqlparser = new TGSqlParser(EDbVendor.dbvoracle);\r\n         sqlparser.sqltext  = \"select a,b,c,DATETOSTRING(date_attr_name,'mm\/dd\/yyyy') from tbl_a\";\r\n         int ret = sqlparser.parse();\r\n         if (ret == 0){\r\n             TSelectSqlStatement select = (TSelectSqlStatement)sqlparser.sqlstatements.get(0);\r\n             TResultColumnList columns = select.getResultColumnList();\r\n             for(int i = 0; i < columns.size();i++){\r\n                 System.out.println(columns.getResultColumn(i).toString());\r\n             }\r\n\r\n         }else{\r\n             System.out.println(sqlparser.getErrormessage());\r\n         }\r\n         \r\n     }\r\n\r\n}\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>The output of is:<\/p>\n<pre>\r\na\r\nb\r\nc\r\nDATETOSTRING(date_attr_name,'mm\/dd\/yyyy')\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>Download this demo: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dpriver.com\/gsp\/demos\/java\/gettablecolumns\/getResultColumn.java\">Java version<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s quite simple and straightforward to get column information in select list by using a SQL Parser which maybe hard to achieve when using other tools like regex when query become more complex such as including nested subquery. 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