--- title: "getString Method (SQLServerResultSet) | Microsoft Docs" ms.custom: "" ms.date: "01/19/2017" ms.prod: sql ms.prod_service: connectivity ms.reviewer: "" ms.technology: connectivity ms.topic: conceptual apiname: - "SQLServerResultSet.getString" apilocation: - "sqljdbc.jar" apitype: "Assembly" ms.assetid: f81dde01-d328-4b32-8871-1efac645b68e author: David-Engel ms.author: v-daenge --- # getString Method (SQLServerResultSet) [!INCLUDE[Driver_JDBC_Download](../../../includes/driver_jdbc_download.md)] Retrieves the value of the designated column in the current row of this [SQLServerResultSet](../../../connect/jdbc/reference/sqlserverresultset-class.md) object as a **String** in the Java programming language. ## Overload List |Name|Description| |----------|-----------------| |[getString (int)](../../../connect/jdbc/reference/getstring-method-int-sqlserverresultset.md)|Retrieves the value of the designated column index in the current row of this [SQLServerResultSet](../../../connect/jdbc/reference/sqlserverresultset-class.md) object as a **String** in the Java programming language.| |[getString (java.lang.String)](../../../connect/jdbc/reference/getstring-method-java-lang-string-sqlserverresultset.md))|Retrieves the value of the designated column name in the current row of this [SQLServerResultSet](../../../connect/jdbc/reference/sqlserverresultset-class.md) object as a **String** in the Java programming language.| ## See Also [SQLServerResultSet Members](../../../connect/jdbc/reference/sqlserverresultset-members.md) [SQLServerResultSet Class](../../../connect/jdbc/reference/sqlserverresultset-class.md)