Extracting table metadata

[pettersonfp]

Hello,

  I need to get the metadata from some tables in database (ie. columns), is there a proper way of doing that using seam?  I know how to do that using JDBC but I don't know how to get a connection (preferrable non-managed) using seam.

  Anybody can help me?

Thanks,

Petterson

[pettersonfp]

Is this correct?

Session  session = (Session) entityManager.getDelegate();
conn = session.connection();

[nickarls]

A connection is a connection and as such, is not managed by Seam. If it works, it ain't broken.

[luxspes]

What metadata do you need? Because if you need stuff like the columns of a table, their type or keys, all you have to do is apply reflection over your @Entity classes.