how to rename the column field names

hello guys,

i am retrieving my field names from the database and i view it thru HTML.

When i view it,the column names are those which are given while creating tables.

Ex..

fname,lname,phno,

i want it as First Name,Last Name,Phone Number etc ...<%

try{

stmt = con.createStatement();

sql="SELECT fname, lname, gender, email,phnum,sartweblink, sartaddress1, sartaddress2,sartcounty, country,sartpostcode,dob FROM Artist where artistid='" + sartid +"'";

rs=stmt.executeQuery(sql);

rsmd=rs.getMetaData();

int colcount=rsmd.getColumnCount();

for(i=1;i<=colcount;i++)

{

%>

<tr><td width="200"><FONT face=verdana size=2><%= rsmd.getColumnName(i)%>

<%

}

%></FONT>

<font face=verdana size=2>

<%while(rs.next())

{

fname=rs.getString("fname");

lname=rs.getString("lname");

gender=rs.getString("gender");

email=rs.getString("email");

phnum=rs.getInt("phnum");

weblink=rs.getString("sartweblink");

address1=rs.getString("sartaddress1");

address2=rs.getString("sartaddress2");

county=rs.getString("sartcounty");

country=rs.getString("country");

postcode=rs.getString("sartpostcode");

dob=rs.getString("dob");

%>

i make use of metadata..

can anyone tell me how to do this..

thanks in advance

[2087 byte] By [suchimonia] at [2007-10-3 0:22:40]
# 1
why not use alias:your query isSELECT fname, lname, gender, emailand will be:SELECT fname FIRSTNAME, lname LASTNAME, gender GENDER, email EMAILADDRESS
jgalacambraa at 2007-7-14 17:14:44 > top of Java-index,Enterprise & Remote Computing,Web Tier APIs...