DatabaseMetaData dbmd = sharedConnection.getMetaData();

        ResultSet rs = dbmd.getColumns(null, null, "table1", null);

        while (rs.next()) {

            System.out.println("-------------------------------------------------------");

            System.out.println("TABLE_CAT : " + rs.getString(1));

            System.out.println("TABLE_SCHEM : " + rs.getString(2));

            System.out.println("TABLE_NAME : " + rs.getString(3));

            System.out.println("COLUMN_NAME : " + rs.getString(4));

            System.out.println("DATA_TYPE : " + rs.getInt(5));

            System.out.println("TYPE_NAME : " + rs.getString(6));

            System.out.println("COLUMN_SIZE : " + rs.getInt(7));

            System.out.println("BUFFER_LENGTH is not used.");

            System.out.println("DECIMAL_DIGITS " + rs.getInt(9));

            System.out.println("NUM_PREC_RADIX " + rs.getInt(10));

            System.out.println("NULLABLE " + rs.getInt(11));

            System.out.println("REMARKS : " + rs.getString(12));

            System.out.println("COLUMN_DEF : " + rs.getString(13));

            System.out.println("SQL_DATA_TYPE int => unused");

            System.out.println("SQL_DATETIME_SUB int => unused");

            System.out.println("CHAR_OCTET_LENGTH : " + rs.getInt(16));

            System.out.println("ORDINAL_POSITION : " + rs.getInt(17));

            System.out.println("IS_NULLABLE : " + rs.getString(18));

            System.out.println("SCOPE_CATALOG : " + rs.getString(19));

            System.out.println("SCOPE_SCHEMA : " + rs.getString(20));

            System.out.println("SCOPE_TABLE : " + rs.getString(21));

            System.out.println("SOURCE_DATA_TYPE : " + rs.getShort(22));

            System.out.println("IS_AUTOINCREMENT : " + rs.getString(23));

            System.out.println("IS_GENERATEDCOLUMN : " + rs.getString(24));

        }