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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.*;
+
+public class Test_Rpositioning {
+	public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+		Class.forName("nl.cwi.monetdb.jdbc.MonetDriver");
+		Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection(args[0]);
+		Statement stmt = con.createStatement();
+		DatabaseMetaData dbmd = con.getMetaData();
+
+		// get a one rowed resultset
+		ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery("SELECT 1");
+
+		// >> true: we should be before the first result now
+		System.out.println("1. true\t" + rs.isBeforeFirst());
+		// >> false: we're not at the first result
+		System.out.println("2. false\t" + rs.isFirst());
+		// >> true: there is one result, so we can call next once
+		System.out.println("3. true\t" + rs.next());
+		// >> false: we're not before the first row anymore
+		System.out.println("4. false\t" + rs.isBeforeFirst());
+		// >> true: we're at the first result
+		System.out.println("5. true\t" + rs.isFirst());
+		// >> false: we're on the last row
+		System.out.println("6. false\t" + rs.isAfterLast());
+		// >> true: see above
+		System.out.println("7. true\t" + rs.isLast());
+		// >> false: there is one result, so this is it
+		System.out.println("8. false\t" + rs.next());
+		// >> true: yes, we're at the end
+		System.out.println("9. true\t" + rs.isAfterLast());
+		// >> false: no we're one over it
+		System.out.println("10. false\t" + rs.isLast());
+		// >> false: another try to move on should still fail
+		System.out.println("11. false\t" + rs.next());
+		// >> true: and we should stay positioned after the last
+		System.out.println("12.true\t" + rs.isAfterLast());
+
+		rs.close();
+
+		// try the same with a 'virtual' result set
+		rs = dbmd.getTableTypes();
+
+		// >> true: we should be before the first result now
+		System.out.println("1. true\t" + rs.isBeforeFirst());
+		// >> false: we're not at the first result
+		System.out.println("2. false\t" + rs.isFirst());
+		// >> true: there is one result, so we can call next once
+		System.out.println("3. true\t" + rs.next());
+		// >> false: we're not before the first row anymore
+		System.out.println("4. false\t" + rs.isBeforeFirst());
+		// >> true: we're at the first result
+		System.out.println("5. true\t" + rs.isFirst());
+		// move to last row
+		rs.last();
+		// >> false: we're on the last row
+		System.out.println("6. false\t" + rs.isAfterLast());
+		// >> true: see above
+		System.out.println("7. true\t" + rs.isLast());
+		// >> false: there is one result, so this is it
+		System.out.println("8. false\t" + rs.next());
+		// >> true: yes, we're at the end
+		System.out.println("9. true\t" + rs.isAfterLast());
+		// >> false: no we're one over it
+		System.out.println("10. false\t" + rs.isLast());
+		// >> false: another try to move on should still fail
+		System.out.println("11. false\t" + rs.next());
+		// >> true: and we should stay positioned after the last
+		System.out.println("12. true\t" + rs.isAfterLast());
+
+		rs.close();
+
+		con.close();
+	}
+}