The DatabaseMetaData class provides the following functions:

• Returning various information about a connected database
• Storing or returning listing information (such as a list of tables or columns) in ResultSet (result set)

Note that the result set obtained with the DatabaseMetaData class within a Java stored routine can be used only within the Java stored routine.

For details about the methods provided by the DatabaseMetaData class and how to use them, see the applicable JDBC documentation. For details about the values that are actually returned, see 16.13 Classes and methods with limitations. Note that the value returned by each method is information related to the HiRDB server, whose version has to be the same as that of the JDBC driver being used.