select on multiple tables - Mailing list pgsql-jdbc

I apologize in advance if this isn't the right place to ask this.

I have a query like "SELECT * FROM table1, table2" and I want to read values
out of a ResultSet.  What if the two tables have column names in common and
I can't predict the column numbers?  Is there any way to get table1.id and
table2.id?  rs.getString tells me "The column name table1.id not found."

thanks much

ben