title: HSQLDB : Test presence of a column in a table
body: <p>Is there a way to send an SQL query to HSQLDB (edit : <em>prior to version 2</em>) to know the columns of a certain table ? (Similar to the inspection of the schemas through INFORMATION_SCHEMA in MySQL.)</p>
  
  <p>Right now it seems to me I'm stuck with trying to <code>SELECT column_name FROM table_name</code> and see if I get an SQL error...</p>