question: public boolean columnExistsCaseSensitive ( DatabaseMetaData dbMetaData , String tableName , String columnName ) throws SQLException { ResultSet rsTables = dbMetaData . getColumns ( null , null , tableName , columnName ) ; try { return rsTables . next ( ) ; } finally { closeJDBCResultSet ( rsTables ) ; } }
target:  Checks database metadata to see if a column exists in a table. This method is sensitive to the case of both the provided table name and column name.