Using JPype - How can I access JDBC Meta Data Functions

Question

I'm using JayDeBeAPI which uses JPype to load FileMaker's JDBC driver and pull data.

But I also want to be able to get a listing of all tables in the database.

In the JDBC documentation (page 55) it lists the following functions:

The JDBC client driver supports the following Meta Data functions:

getColumns

getColumnPrivileges

getMetaData

getTypeInfo

getTables

getTableTypes

Any ideas how I might call them from JPype or JayDeBeAPI?

If it helps, here's my current code:

import jaydebeapi
import jpype

jar = r'/opt/drivers/fmjdbc.jar'
args='-Djava.class.path=%s' % jar
jvm_path = jpype.getDefaultJVMPath()
jpype.startJVM(jvm_path, args)

conn = jaydebeapi.connect('com.filemaker.jdbc.Driver',
        SETTINGS['SOURCE_URL'], SETTINGS['SOURCE_UID'], SETTINGS['SOURCE_PW'])
curs = conn.cursor()

#Sample Query:
curs.execute("select * from table")
result_rows = curs.fetchall()

Update:

Here's some progress and it seems like it should work, but I'm getting the error below. Any ideas?

> conn.jconn.metadata.getTables()
*** RuntimeError: No matching overloads found. at src/native/common/jp_method.cpp:121

Answer 1

Ok, thanks to eltabo and Juan Mellado I figured it out!

I just had to pass in the correct parameters to match the method signature.

Here's the working code:

import jaydebeapi
import jpype

jar = r'/opt/drivers/fmjdbc.jar'
args='-Djava.class.path=%s' % jar
jvm_path = jpype.getDefaultJVMPath()
jpype.startJVM(jvm_path, args)

conn = jaydebeapi.connect('com.filemaker.jdbc.Driver',
        SETTINGS['SOURCE_URL'], SETTINGS['SOURCE_UID'], SETTINGS['SOURCE_PW'])
results = source_conn.jconn.getMetaData().getTables(None, None, "%", None)

#I'm not sure if this is how to read the result set, but jaydebeapi's cursor object
# has a lot of logic for getting information out of a result set, so let's harness
# that.
table_reader_cursor = source_conn.cursor()
table_reader_cursor._rs = results
read_results = table_reader_cursor.fetchall()
#get just the table names
[row[2] for row in read_results if row[3]=='TABLE']

Answer 2

From ResultSet Javadoc:

public ResultSet getTables(String catalog,
                       String schemaPattern,
                       String tableNamePattern,
                       String[] types)
                throws SQLException

You need pass the four parameter to the method. I'm not a python developer, but in Java I use :

ResultSet rs = metadata.getTables(null, "public", "%" ,new String[] {"TABLE"} );

to get all the tables (and only the tables) in a schema.

Regards.