package de.swingbe.postgres_java; import java.sql.*; import java.util.logging.Level; import java.util.logging.Logger; public class JavaPostgreSqlListTables { public static void main(String[] args) { //connection URL for the postgres database //jdbc:postgresql://:/ String url = "jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/testdb"; String user = "usr"; String password = "#password"; String query = "SELECT table_name FROM information_schema.tables " + "WHERE table_schema = 'public'"; try (Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection(url, user, password); PreparedStatement pst = con.prepareStatement(query); ResultSet rs = pst.executeQuery()) { while (rs.next()) { System.out.println(rs.getString(1)); } } catch (SQLException ex) { Logger lgr = Logger.getLogger(JavaPostgreSqlListTables.class.getName()); lgr.log(Level.SEVERE, ex.getMessage(), ex); } } }