Metacat

            Statement stmt = dbConn.createStatement();

            ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery(

                          "SELECT catalog_id FROM xml_catalog " +

                          "AND public_id = '" + doctype + "'");

            boolean hasRow = rs.next();

            if ( hasRow ) {

       } 

       catch (Exception ane) 

       {

                                 action, ane));

       }

     }