Swing components data binding

First of all hello to everybody. This is my first post here.Now back to business.... I am new to Java ...very new.... my recent work drove me to look for something else than .NET. For now I would like to know what J can do as far as data binding... let's say I have a list and I want to display a column in a db. Is there a automated way of doing it...? not programatically I mean.

The more I find out the more I like Java....

If it matters I am using NetBeans 5.0 and Sun Creator.

[501 byte] By [.NET_Divorceda] at [2007-10-3 2:47:35]
# 1
Local to Java, there are not any "data aware controls" as you saw in .NET. If you wish to have them you can buy 3rd party widgets (name borrowed from my vb days) or develop beans yourself using recordsets.
morgalra at 2007-7-14 20:36:22 > top of Java-index,Java Essentials,New To Java...
# 2
Oh joy.....so beatiful but yet so simple and "basic"...Java I mean.Thank you for your quick reply...since you seem to know way more than me...where should I start with Java and databases? I know there is a jdbc and generic "drivers" but that's about it...I'm staring to think XML.
.NET_Divorceda at 2007-7-14 20:36:22 > top of Java-index,Java Essentials,New To Java...
# 3

> First of all hello to everybody. This is my first

> post here.Now back to business.... I am new to Java

> ...very new.... my recent work drove me to look for

> something else than .NET. For now I would like to

> know what J can do as far as data binding... let's

> say I have a list and I want to display a column in a

> db. Is there a automated way of doing it...? not

> programatically I mean.

>The more I find out the more I like Java....

> If it matters I am using NetBeans 5.0 and Sun Creator.

There are some beans out there (commercial) such as

http://www.elegantjbeans.com/datatable/

There might be freeware ones as well. And I just picked the first thing that came up from a google search so that's not an endorsment of whatever elegantjbeans.com is selling, just offered up as an example.

Good Luck

Lee

tsitha at 2007-7-14 20:36:22 > top of Java-index,Java Essentials,New To Java...
# 4
I've always conneted to Oracle or MS-SQL with thin client JDBC or the JDBC/ODBC bridge for Access. I rather prefer Oracle if given the option.
morgalra at 2007-7-14 20:36:22 > top of Java-index,Java Essentials,New To Java...