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+/*
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0.  If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * Copyright 1997 - July 2008 CWI, August 2008 - 2016 MonetDB B.V.
+ */
+
+import java.sql.*;
+
+/**
+ * This example shows the use of the PreparedStatement
+ *
+ * @author Fabian Groffen
+ */
+public class PreparedExample {
+	public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+		// make sure the driver is loaded
+		Class.forName("nl.cwi.monetdb.jdbc.MonetDriver");
+		Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:monetdb://localhost/notused", "monetdb", "monetdb");
+		PreparedStatement st = con.prepareStatement("SELECT ? AS a1, ? AS a2");
+		ResultSet rs;
+
+		st.setString(1, "te\\s't");
+		st.setInt(2, 10);
+
+		rs = st.executeQuery();
+		// get meta data and print columns with their type
+		ResultSetMetaData md = rs.getMetaData();
+		for (int i = 1; i <= md.getColumnCount(); i++) {
+			System.out.print(md.getColumnName(i) + ":" +
+				md.getColumnTypeName(i) + "\t");
+		}
+		System.out.println("");
+
+		while (rs.next()) {
+			for (int j = 1; j <= md.getColumnCount(); j++) {
+				System.out.print(rs.getString(j) + "\t");
+			}
+			System.out.println("");
+		}
+
+		con.close();
+	}
+}