Getting Particular Rows from a Database Table This example retrieves all rows from a table called ``mytable'' whose column COL_A equals ``Patrick Chan''. A row in ``mytable'' consists of a string, integer, and floating point number. try { Statement stmt = connection.createStatement(); ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery( "SELECT * FROM mytable WHERE COL_A = 'Patrick Chan'"); rs.next(); String s = rs.getString("COL_A"); int i = rs.getInt("COL_B"); float f = rs.getFloat("COL_C"); process(s, i, f); } catch (SQLException e) { }