Table vs. Text Output
ResultSets can be presented in a Swing component called JTable or in a normal text area. You can choose either format using the Output Window Option Panel of the Options menu.
The advantages of using a JTable are:
- Nicer appearance
- Nicer output of data into a file, including bcp-like data preparation
- Table headers can be dragged and dropped to reorder the columns
- Convenient handling of image columns (see Image columns)
- Convenient handling of Java object columns
- When you have multiple ResultSets, each ResultSet displays on a separate tab
The advantages of using a text area are:
- Faster output