Java question

[SamSpade]

I hope someone here has an idea.

I have a co-worked who has been tasked with ADDING a search portion of her database app. The regular app has all kinds of features, but what they want is a simple, ad hoc query window where they can build any query they like.

I told her that this is exactly the kind of feature that has been done SO many times before, that SOMEONE or some company has created some widget or bit of code that just does it for her. Why spend a lot of money to develop one, if you can spend less money and buy it?

And what I'm describing that I hope exists - is some kind of widget where the developer can manipulate the appearance, add their own search features - not a separate app that does the thing. I know her users - they want it integrated into the existing program.

 

[TCROW]

JDBC is typically the way one interacts with databases in java programs. There are MySQL, Postgres, and Oracle drivers available. While I'm sure someone has created something one can purchase, simple query interfaces like you describe are rarely more than a few dozen lines of code. Our shop typically uses netbeans. Usually a quick search on stackexchange can net some pseudocode from which a working example can be cobbled together rather quickly.