how to access dbFieldProperties (e.g. get length of a vChar)

dom_bus · **Joined:** Thu Apr 14, 2005 4:04 am **Posts:** 2

Hi all,

is there a way to find out about the specs of different database.table.fields from within java code?!

i found out how to get the type and the nullable settings of a field via

SessionFactory.getClassMetaData(Class)....

but is it also possible to get for example the allowed lenght of a varChar, or the allowed values of a selection (gender filed => "m" or "f")

thanx for you help in advance.

dom_bus

Hibernate : 2.1.7c

Database : Oracle 9i and DB2 8.1.5

Paul Newport · **Posted:** Thu Apr 14, 2005 5:18 am

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api ... aData.html

Not sure if you can get the equivalent from Hibernate as in yuor mapping files you don't have to specifiy the length of columns and so ob.

dom_bus · **Joined:** Thu Apr 14, 2005 4:04 am **Posts:** 2

Thanx Paul for the tip.

I think getColumns() will do the job for me.

Greetz, dom_bus