Modifying code so that JCheckBox can be used with JDBC instead of JComboBox

hello.

how can I modify the following code so that JCheckBox can be used with JDBC instead of JComboBox? i want users of my video library system to be able to view CD/DVD/Game information by name, age category, type and year. Users should be able to click on a check box (e.g. view by name, age category, type or year) and press a button. What would happen then is that data from the Product table would appear in the text area.

Thanks.

import javax.swing.*;

import java.sql.*;

import java.awt.*;

import java.awt.event.*;

publicclass Exercise32_6extends JApplet{

private JComboBox jcboTableName =new JComboBox();

private JTextArea jtaResult =new JTextArea();

private JButton jbtShowContents =new JButton("Show Contents");

private Statement stmt;

publicvoid init(){

initializeDB();

jbtShowContents.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener(){

publicvoid actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){

jbtShowContents_actionPerformed(e);

}

});

JPanel jPanel1 =new JPanel();

jPanel1.add(new JLabel("Table Name"));

jPanel1.add(jcboTableName);

jPanel1.add(jbtShowContents);

this.getContentPane().add(jPanel1, BorderLayout.NORTH);

this.getContentPane().add(new JScrollPane(jtaResult), BorderLayout.CENTER);

}

privatevoid initializeDB(){

try{

Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");

System.out.println("Driver loaded");

Connection connection = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:odbc:VideoLibrary");

System.out.println("Database connected");

stmt = connection.createStatement();

DatabaseMetaData dbMetaData = connection.getMetaData();

ResultSet rsTables = dbMetaData.getTables(null, null, null,new String[]{"TABLE"});

System.out.print("User tables: ");

while (rsTables.next()){

jcboTableName.addItem(rsTables.getString("TABLE_NAME"));

}

}

catch (Exception ex){

ex.printStackTrace();

}

}

privatevoid jbtShowContents_actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){

String tableName = (String)jcboTableName.getSelectedItem();

try{

String queryString ="select * from " + tableName;

ResultSet resultSet = stmt.executeQuery(queryString);

ResultSetMetaData rsMetaData = resultSet.getMetaData();

for (int i = 1; i <= rsMetaData.getColumnCount(); i++){

jtaResult.append(rsMetaData.getColumnName(i) +"");

}

jtaResult.append("\n");

while (resultSet.next()){

for (int i = 1; i <= rsMetaData.getColumnCount(); i++){

jtaResult.append(resultSet.getObject(i) +"");

}

jtaResult.append("\n");

}

}

catch (SQLException ex){

ex.printStackTrace();

}

}

publicstaticvoid main(String[] args){

Exercise32_6 applet =new Exercise32_6();

JFrame frame =new JFrame();

frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

frame.setTitle("Exercise32_6");

frame.getContentPane().add(applet, BorderLayout.CENTER);

applet.init();

applet.start();

frame.setSize(380, 180);

frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);

frame.setVisible(true);

}

}

[5960 byte] By [james-mcfaddena] at [2007-11-27 11:34:26]
# 1

Quit triple posting your questions. This is a Swing related question and only needs to be posted in the Swing forum.

camickra at 2007-7-29 16:57:13 > top of Java-index,Java Essentials,New To Java...