JDBC query table names case insensitive?

Question

tl:dr; Is there a way to select table names case insensitive over JDBC?

I try to extract all table names from a database over a JDBC connection. I can do this easily by

ResultSet tablesRst = connection.getMetaData().getTables( null, null, null, null );

This, however, returns ALL tables, views etc. I just need the first 10 that match a pattern. I know I can build this myself by manipulating the arguments.

The case of the pattern matters, I cannot find table AAP if the pattern is a% .

Is there an easy way to query table names over JDBC, without having to resort to database-specific code?

Answer 1

That probably depends on the database configuration. If you turn off case sensitivity on your database, I'm assuming AAP will come back for a%.