public class SparseColumns {
public static void main(String args[]) {
// Create a variable for the connection string.
String connectionUrl =
"jdbc:sqlserver://<server>:<port>;databaseName=AdventureWorks;user=<user>;password=
<password>";
try (Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection(connectionUrl); Statement
stmt = con.createStatement()) {
createColdCallingTable(stmt);
// Determine the column set column
String columnSetColName = null;
String strCmd = "SELECT name FROM sys.columns WHERE object_id=(SELECT
OBJECT_ID('ColdCalling')) AND is_column_set = 1";
try (ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery(strCmd)) {
if (rs.next()) {
columnSetColName = rs.getString(1);
System.out.println(columnSetColName + " is the column set
column!");
}
}
strCmd = "SELECT * FROM ColdCalling";
try (ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery(strCmd)) {
// Iterate through the result set
ResultSetMetaData rsmd = rs.getMetaData();
DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
DocumentBuilder db = dbf.newDocumentBuilder();
InputSource is = new InputSource();
while (rs.next()) {
// Iterate through the columns
for (int i = 1; i <= rsmd.getColumnCount(); ++i) {
String name = rsmd.getColumnName(i);
String value = rs.getString(i);
// If this is the column set column
if (name.equalsIgnoreCase(columnSetColName)) {
System.out.println(name);
// Instead of printing the raw XML, parse it
if (value != null) {
// Add artificial root node "sparse" to ensure XML
is well formed
String xml = "<sparse>" + value + "</sparse>";
is.setCharacterStream(new StringReader(xml));
Document doc = db.parse(is);
// Extract the NodeList from the artificial root
node that was added
NodeList list = doc.getChildNodes();
Node root = list.item(0); // This is the <sparse>
node
NodeList sparseColumnList =
root.getChildNodes(); // These are the xml column nodes
// Iterate through the XML document
for (int n = 0; n < sparseColumnList.getLength(); +
+n) {
Node sparseColumnNode =
sparseColumnList.item(n);
String columnName =
sparseColumnNode.getNodeName();
// Note that the column value is not in the
sparseColumNode, it is the value of
// the
// first child of it
Node sparseColumnValueNode =
sparseColumnNode.getFirstChild();
String columnValue =
sparseColumnValueNode.getNodeValue();
System.out.println("\t" + columnName + "\t: " +
columnValue);
}
}
} else { // Just print the name + value of non-sparse
columns
System.out.println(name + "\t: " + value);
}
}
System.out.println();// New line between rows
}
}
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
private static void createColdCallingTable(Statement stmt) throws SQLException
{
stmt.execute("if exists (select * from sys.objects where name =
'ColdCalling')" + "drop table ColdCalling");
String sql = "CREATE TABLE ColdCalling ( ID int IDENTITY(1,1) PRIMARY
KEY, [Date] date, [Time] time, PositiveFirstName nvarchar(50) SPARSE,
PositiveLastName nvarchar(50) SPARSE, SpecialPurposeColumns XML COLUMN_SET FOR
ALL_SPARSE_COLUMNS );";
stmt.execute(sql);
sql = "INSERT ColdCalling ([Date], [Time]) VALUES ('10-13-09','07:05:24')
";
stmt.execute(sql);
sql = "INSERT ColdCalling ([Date], [Time], PositiveFirstName,
PositiveLastName) VALUES ('07-20-09','05:00:24', 'AA', 'B') ";
stmt.execute(sql);
sql = "INSERT ColdCalling ([Date], [Time], PositiveFirstName,
PositiveLastName) VALUES ('07-20-09','05:15:00', 'CC', 'DD') ";
stmt.execute(sql);
}
}
