Package oracle.jdbc

Class OracleDatabaseMetaData

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    DatabaseMetaData, Wrapper, AdditionalDatabaseMetaData, oracle.jdbc.internal.ACProxyable, oracle.jdbc.internal.AdditionalDatabaseMetaData, oracle.jdbc.internal.Monitor
    public class OracleDatabaseMetaData
extends Object
implements oracle.jdbc.internal.AdditionalDatabaseMetaData, oracle.jdbc.internal.Monitor
    The oracle.jdbc.OracleDatabaseMetaData class along with oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDatabaseMetaData implement the JDBC 3.0 DatabaseMetaData interface and in ojdbc6.jar and above, the JDBC4.0 DatabaseMetaData interface. Note that the object returned by a call to java.sql.Connection.getMetaData() for a connection from the Oracle driver will be an instance of oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDatabaseMetaData. There are several proprietary methods which are defined in this class. Only public long getLobMaxLength() will be retained in future versions. The following are superseeded by standard methods public static int getDriverMajorVersionInfo public static int getDriverMinorVersionInfo public static String getDriverVersionInfo and are deprecated. public String getLobPrecision() is no longer meaningful and is deprecated.
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    • Field Detail

      • connection

        protected oracle.jdbc.internal.OracleConnection connection

      • sqlWildcardPattern

        protected static Pattern sqlWildcardPattern

      • sqlEscapePattern

        protected static Pattern sqlEscapePattern

      • acProxy

        protected Object acProxy
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    • Constructor Detail

      • OracleDatabaseMetaData

        public OracleDatabaseMetaData​(OracleConnection conn)
        Deprecated.
        -- Please use the factory method java.sql.Connection.getMetaData()
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    • Method Detail

      • getDriverMajorVersion

        public int getDriverMajorVersion()
        What's this JDBC driver's major version number?
        Specified by:
        getDriverMajorVersion in interface DatabaseMetaData
        Returns:
        JDBC driver major version

      • getDriverMinorVersion

        public int getDriverMinorVersion()
        What's this JDBC driver's minor version number?
        Specified by:
        getDriverMinorVersion in interface DatabaseMetaData
        Returns:
        JDBC driver minor version number

      • supportsMixedCaseIdentifiers

        public boolean supportsMixedCaseIdentifiers()
                                     throws SQLException
        Does the database treat mixed case unquoted SQL identifiers as case sensitive and as a result store them in mixed case? A JDBC compliant driver will always return false.
        Specified by:
        supportsMixedCaseIdentifiers in interface DatabaseMetaData
        Returns:
        true if so
        Throws:
        SQLException

      • supportsMixedCaseQuotedIdentifiers

        public boolean supportsMixedCaseQuotedIdentifiers()
                                           throws SQLException
        Does the database treat mixed case quoted SQL identifiers as case sensitive and as a result store them in mixed case? A JDBC compliant driver will always return false.
        Specified by:
        supportsMixedCaseQuotedIdentifiers in interface DatabaseMetaData
        Returns:
        true if so
        Throws:
        SQLException

      • getIdentifierQuoteString

        public String getIdentifierQuoteString()
                                throws SQLException
        What's the string used to quote SQL identifiers? This returns a space " " if identifier quoting isn't supported. A JDBC compliant driver always uses a double quote character.
        Specified by:
        getIdentifierQuoteString in interface DatabaseMetaData
        Returns:
        the quoting string
        Throws:
        SQLException

      • getNumericFunctions

        public String getNumericFunctions()
                           throws SQLException
        Get a comma separated list of math functions. The following are supported
        • ABS
        • ACOS
        • ASIN
        • ATAN
        • ATAN2
        • CEILING
        • COS
        • EXP
        • FLOOR
        • LOG
        • LOG10
        • MOD
        • PI
        • POWER
        • ROUND
        • SIGN
        • SIN
        • SQRT
        • TAN
        • TRUNCATE
        Specified by:
        getNumericFunctions in interface DatabaseMetaData
        Returns:
        the list
        Throws:
        SQLException

      • getStringFunctions

        public String getStringFunctions()
                          throws SQLException
        Get a comma separated list of string functions. The following are supported
        • ASCII
        • CHAR
        • CONCAT
        • LCASE
        • LENGTH
        • LTRIM
        • REPLACE
        • RTRIM
        • SOUNDEX
        • SUBSTRING
        • UCASE
        In addition, the following are supported in a JDBC 4.0 environment
        • OCTET_LENGTH
        • CHAR_LENGTH
        • CHARACTER_LENGTH
        Specified by:
        getStringFunctions in interface DatabaseMetaData
        Returns:
        the list
        Throws:
        SQLException

      • getTimeDateFunctions

        public String getTimeDateFunctions()
                            throws SQLException
        Get a comma separated list of time and date functions. The following are supported
        • CURDATE
        • HOUR
        • MINUTE
        • MONTH
        • SECOND
        • YEAR
        In addition, the following are supported in a JDBC 4.0 environment.
        • CURRENT_DATE
        • CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
        • EXTRACT
        Specified by:
        getTimeDateFunctions in interface DatabaseMetaData
        Returns:
        the list
        Throws:
        SQLException

      • getSearchStringEscape

        public String getSearchStringEscape()
                             throws SQLException
        This is the string that can be used to escape '_' or '%' in the string pattern style catalog search parameters.

        The '_' character represents any single character.

        The '%' character represents any sequence of zero or more characters.

        Specified by:
        getSearchStringEscape in interface DatabaseMetaData
        Returns:
        the string used to escape wildcard characters
        Throws:
        SQLException

      • supportsColumnAliasing

        public boolean supportsColumnAliasing()
                               throws SQLException
        Is column aliasing supported?

        If so, the SQL AS clause can be used to provide names for computed columns or to provide alias names for columns as required. A JDBC compliant driver always returns true.

        Specified by:
        supportsColumnAliasing in interface DatabaseMetaData
        Returns:
        true if so
        Throws:
        SQLException

      • supportsConvert

        public boolean supportsConvert​(int fromType,
                               int toType)
                        throws SQLException
        Is CONVERT between the given SQL types supported?
        Specified by:
        supportsConvert in interface DatabaseMetaData
        Parameters:
        fromType - the type to convert from
        toType - the type to convert to
        Returns:
        true if so
        Throws:
        SQLException
        See Also:
        Types

      • isCatalogAtStart

        public boolean isCatalogAtStart()
                         throws SQLException
        Does a catalog appear at the start of a qualified table name? (Otherwise it appears at the end)
        Specified by:
        isCatalogAtStart in interface DatabaseMetaData
        Returns:
        true if it appears at the start
        Throws:
        SQLException

      • supportsPositionedDelete

        public boolean supportsPositionedDelete()
                                 throws SQLException
        Is positioned DELETE supported? NOTE: Though Oracle supports positional delete through the use of ROWID positional delete as specified by SQLJ92 standard is not supported which is being followed by JDBC 2.1 API Spec.
        Specified by:
        supportsPositionedDelete in interface DatabaseMetaData
        Returns:
        false
        Throws:
        SQLException

      • supportsPositionedUpdate

        public boolean supportsPositionedUpdate()
                                 throws SQLException
        Is positioned UPDATE supported? NOTE: Though Oracle supports positional updates through the use of ROWID positional updates as specified by SQLJ92 standard is not supported which is being followed by JDBC 2.1 API Spec.
        Specified by:
        supportsPositionedUpdate in interface DatabaseMetaData
        Returns:
        false
        Throws:
        SQLException

      • supportsTransactions

        public boolean supportsTransactions()
                             throws SQLException
        Are transactions supported? If not, commit is a noop and the isolation level is TRANSACTION_NONE.
        Specified by:
        supportsTransactions in interface DatabaseMetaData
        Returns:
        true if transactions are supported
        Throws:
        SQLException

      • getProcedures

        public ResultSet getProcedures​(String catalog,
                               String schemaPattern,
                               String procedureNamePattern)
                        throws SQLException
        Get a description of stored procedures available in a catalog.

        Only procedure descriptions matching the schema and procedure name criteria are returned. They are ordered by PROCEDURE_SCHEM, and PROCEDURE_NAME.

        Each procedure description has the the following columns:

        1. PROCEDURE_CAT String => procedure catalog (may be null)
        2. PROCEDURE_SCHEM String => procedure schema (may be null)
        3. PROCEDURE_NAME String => procedure name
        4. reserved for future use
        5. reserved for future use
        6. reserved for future use
        7. REMARKS String => explanatory comment on the procedure
        8. PROCEDURE_TYPE short => kind of procedure:
          • procedureResultUnknown - May return a result
          • procedureNoResult - Does not return a result
          • procedureReturnsResult - Returns a result
        Specified by:
        getProcedures in interface DatabaseMetaData
        Parameters:
        catalog - a catalog name; "" retrieves those without a catalog; null means drop catalog name from the selection criteria
        schemaPattern - a schema name pattern; "" retrieves those without a schema
        procedureNamePattern - a procedure name pattern
        Returns:
        ResultSet each row is a procedure description
        Throws:
        SQLException
        See Also:
        getSearchStringEscape()

      • getProcedureColumns

        public ResultSet getProcedureColumns​(String catalog,
                                     String schemaPattern,
                                     String procedureNamePattern,
                                     String columnNamePattern)
                              throws SQLException
        Get a description of a catalog's stored procedure parameters and result columns.

        Only descriptions matching the schema, procedure and parameter name criteria are returned. They are ordered by PROCEDURE_SCHEM and PROCEDURE_NAME. Within this, the return value, if any, is first. Next are the parameter descriptions in call order. The column descriptions follow in column number order.

        Each row in the ResultSet is a parameter desription or column description with the following fields:

        1. PROCEDURE_CAT String => procedure catalog (may be null) Interpreted as the Oracle Package name.
        2. PROCEDURE_SCHEM String => procedure schema (may be null)
        3. PROCEDURE_NAME String => procedure name
        4. COLUMN_NAME String => column/parameter name
        5. COLUMN_TYPE Short => kind of column/parameter:
          • procedureColumnUnknown - nobody knows
          • procedureColumnIn - IN parameter
          • procedureColumnInOut - INOUT parameter
          • procedureColumnOut - OUT parameter
          • procedureColumnReturn - procedure return value
          • procedureColumnResult - result column in ResultSet
        6. DATA_TYPE short => SQL type from java.sql.Types
        7. TYPE_NAME String => SQL type name
        8. PRECISION int => precision
        9. LENGTH int => length in bytes of data
        10. SCALE short => scale
        11. RADIX short => radix
        12. NULLABLE short => can it contain NULL?
          • procedureNoNulls - does not allow NULL values
          • procedureNullable - allows NULL values
          • procedureNullableUnknown - nullability unknown
        13. REMARKS String => comment describing parameter/column

        Note: Some databases may not return the column descriptions for a procedure. Additional columns beyond REMARKS can be defined by the database. These additional columns MUST be accessed by name, not by index.

        Oracle Specific:

        The catalog argument is taken to mean a package name. Note that this is not a pattern and wildcards are not supported.

        Database synonyms may be defined (amoung other things) for a package, for an unpackaged procedure or for a synonym. The combination of synonyms and wildcards in the schemaPattern and procedureNamePattern is supported in a limited way due to complexity and performace issues.

        If the schemaPattern does not contain wildcards and the catalog argument is not null and not empty, the values are taken as either a schema + package name or a schema + synonym for a package. If it is a synonym, it will be resolved perhaps through multiple levels of synonyms and the search for the procedureNamePattern and columnNamePatten will be conducted in the resulting package.

        If the catalog is null and both the schemaNamePattern and procedureNamePattern do not contain wildcards, the values are taken as either a schema + procedureName or a schema + synonym. If it is a synonym it will be resolved perhaps through multiple levels of synonyms and the search for the columnNamePatten will be conducted in the resulting procedure

        Specified by:
        getProcedureColumns in interface DatabaseMetaData
        Parameters:
        catalog - a catalog name; "" retrieves those without a catalog; null means drop catalog name from the selection criteria
        schemaPattern - a schema name pattern; "" retrieves those without a schema
        procedureNamePattern - a procedure name pattern
        columnNamePattern - a column name pattern
        Returns:
        ResultSet each row is a stored procedure parameter or column description
        Throws:
        SQLException
        See Also:
        getSearchStringEscape()

      • getFunctionColumns

        public ResultSet getFunctionColumns​(String catalog,
                                    String schemaPattern,
                                    String functionNamePattern,
                                    String columnNamePattern)
                             throws SQLException
        Retrieves a description of the given catalog's system or user function parameters and return type.

        Only descriptions matching the schema, function and parameter name criteria are returned. They are ordered by FUNCTION_CAT, FUNCTION_SCHEM, FUNCTION_NAME and SPECIFIC_ NAME. Within this, the return value, if any, is first. Next are the parameter descriptions in call order. The column descriptions follow in column number order.

        Each row in the ResultSet is a parameter description, column description or return type description with the following fields:

        1. FUNCTION_CAT String => function catalog (may be null)
        2. FUNCTION_SCHEM String => function schema (may be null)
        3. FUNCTION_NAME String => function name. This is the name used to invoke the function
        4. COLUMN_NAME String => column/parameter name
        5. COLUMN_TYPE Short => kind of column/parameter:
          • functionColumnUnknown - nobody knows
          • functionColumnIn - IN parameter
          • functionColumnInOut - INOUT parameter
          • functionColumnOut - OUT parameter
          • functionColumnReturn - function return value
          • functionColumnResult - Indicates that the parameter or column is a column in the ResultSet
        6. DATA_TYPE int => SQL type from java.sql.Types
        7. TYPE_NAME String => SQL type name, for a UDT type the type name is fully qualified
        8. PRECISION int => precision
        9. LENGTH int => length in bytes of data
        10. SCALE short => scale - null is returned for data types where SCALE is not applicable.
        11. RADIX short => radix
        12. NULLABLE short => can it contain NULL.
          • functionNoNulls - does not allow NULL values
          • functionNullable - allows NULL values
          • functionNullableUnknown - nullability unknown
        13. REMARKS String => comment describing column/parameter
        14. CHAR_OCTET_LENGTH int => the maximum length of binary and character based parameters or columns. For any other datatype the returned value is a NULL
        15. ORDINAL_POSITION int => the ordinal position, starting from 1, for the input and output parameters. A value of 0 is returned if this row describes the function's return value. For result set columns, it is the ordinal position of the column in the result set starting from 1.
        16. IS_NULLABLE String => ISO rules are used to determine the nullability for a parameter or column.
          • YES --- if the parameter or column can include NULLs
          • NO --- if the parameter or column cannot include NULLs
          • empty string --- if the nullability for the parameter or column is unknown
        17. SPECIFIC_NAME String => the name which uniquely identifies this function within its schema. This is a user specified, or DBMS generated, name that may be different then the FUNCTION_NAME for example with overload functions

        The PRECISION column represents the specified column size for the given parameter or column. For numeric data, this is the maximum precision. For character data, this is the length in characters. For datetime datatypes, this is the length in characters of the String representation (assuming the maximum allowed precision of the fractional seconds component). For binary data, this is the length in bytes. For the ROWID datatype, this is the length in bytes. Null is returned for data types where the column size is not applicable.

        Note: If the user defined function in the database has failed to compile, this method returns an empty resultset.

        Specified by:
        getFunctionColumns in interface DatabaseMetaData
        Parameters:
        catalog - a catalog name; must match the catalog name as it is stored in the database; "" retrieves those without a catalog; null means that the catalog name should not be used to narrow the search
        schemaPattern - a schema name pattern; must match the schema name as it is stored in the database; "" retrieves those without a schema; null means that the schema name should not be used to narrow the search
        functionNamePattern - a procedure name pattern; must match the function name as it is stored in the database
        columnNamePattern - a parameter name pattern; must match the parameter or column name as it is stored in the database
        Returns:
        ResultSet - each row describes a user function parameter, column or return type
        Throws:
        SQLException - if a database access error occurs
        Since:
        1.6
        See Also:
        getSearchStringEscape()

      • getTables

        public ResultSet getTables​(String catalog,
                           String schemaPattern,
                           String tableNamePattern,
                           String[] types)
                    throws SQLException
        Get a description of tables available in a catalog.

        Only table descriptions matching the catalog, schema, table name and type criteria are returned. They are ordered by TABLE_TYPE, TABLE_SCHEM and TABLE_NAME.

        Each table description has the following columns:

        1. TABLE_CAT String => table catalog (may be null)
        2. TABLE_SCHEM String => table schema (may be null)
        3. TABLE_NAME String => table name
        4. TABLE_TYPE String => table type. Typical types are "TABLE", "VIEW", "SYSTEM TABLE", "GLOBAL TEMPORARY", "LOCAL TEMPORARY", "ALIAS", "SYNONYM".
        5. TABLE_REMARKS String => explanatory comment on the table

        Note: Some databases may not return information for all tables.

        Specified by:
        getTables in interface DatabaseMetaData
        Parameters:
        catalog - a catalog name; "" retrieves those without a catalog; null means drop catalog name from the selection criteria
        schemaPattern - a schema name pattern; "" retrieves those without a schema
        tableNamePattern - a table name pattern
        types - a list of table types to include; null returns all types
        Returns:
        ResultSet each row is a table description
        Throws:
        SQLException
        See Also:
        getSearchStringEscape()

      • getSchemas

        public ResultSet getSchemas()
                     throws SQLException
        Get the schema names available in this database. The results are ordered by schema name.

        The schema columns are:

          LI>TABLE_SCHEMString => schema name
        1. TABLE_CATALOG String => catalog name always null
        Specified by:
        getSchemas in interface DatabaseMetaData
        Returns:
        ResultSet each row has a single String column that is a schema name
        Throws:
        SQLException

      • getCatalogs

        public ResultSet getCatalogs()
                      throws SQLException
        Get the catalog names available in this database. The results are ordered by catalog name.

        The catalog column is:

        1. TABLE_CAT String => catalog name
        Specified by:
        getCatalogs in interface DatabaseMetaData
        Returns:
        ResultSet each row has a single String column that is a catalog name
        Throws:
        SQLException

      • getTableTypes

        public ResultSet getTableTypes()
                        throws SQLException
        Get the table types available in this database. The results are ordered by table type.

        The table type is:

        1. TABLE_TYPE String => table type. Typical types are "TABLE", "VIEW", "SYSTEM TABLE", "GLOBAL TEMPORARY", "LOCAL TEMPORARY", "ALIAS", "SYNONYM".
        Specified by:
        getTableTypes in interface DatabaseMetaData
        Returns:
        ResultSet each row has a single String column that is a table type
        Throws:
        SQLException

      • getColumns

        public ResultSet getColumns​(String catalog,
                            String schemaPattern,
                            String tableNamePattern,
                            String columnNamePattern)
                     throws SQLException
        Get a description of table columns available in a catalog.

        Only column descriptions matching the catalog, schema, table and column name criteria are returned. They are ordered by TABLE_SCHEM, TABLE_NAME and ORDINAL_POSITION.

        Each column description has the following columns:

        1. TABLE_CAT String => table catalog (may be null)
        2. TABLE_SCHEM String => table schema (may be null)
        3. TABLE_NAME String => table name
        4. COLUMN_NAME String => column name
        5. DATA_TYPE short => SQL type from java.sql.Types
        6. TYPE_NAME String => Data source dependent type name
        7. COLUMN_SIZE int => column size. For char or date types this is the maximum number of characters, for numeric or decimal types this is precision.
        8. BUFFER_LENGTH is not used.
        9. DECIMAL_DIGITS int => the number of fractional digits
        10. NUM_PREC_RADIX int => Radix (typically either 10 or 2)
        11. NULLABLE int => is NULL allowed?
          • columnNoNulls - might not allow NULL values
          • columnNullable - definitely allows NULL values
          • columnNullableUnknown - nullability unknown
        12. REMARKS String => comment describing column (may be null)
        13. COLUMN_DEF String => default value (may be null)
        14. SQL_DATA_TYPE int => unused
        15. SQL_DATETIME_SUB int => unused
        16. CHAR_OCTET_LENGTH int => for char types the maximum number of bytes in the column
        17. ORDINAL_POSITION int => index of column in table (starting at 1)
        18. IS_NULLABLE String => "NO" means column definitely does not allow NULL values; "YES" means the column might allow NULL values. An empty string means nobody knows.
        19. SCOPE_CATLOG String => catalog of table that is the scope of a reference attribute (null if DATA_TYPE isn't REF)
        20. SCOPE_SCHEMA String => schema of table that is the scope of a reference attribute (null if the DATA_TYPE isn't REF)
        21. SCOPE_TABLE String => table name that this the scope of a reference attribure (null if the DATA_TYPE isn't REF)
        22. SOURCE_DATA_TYPE short => source type of a distinct type or user-generated Ref type, SQL type from java.sql.Types (null if DATA_TYPE isn't DISTINCT or user-generated REF)
        23. IS_AUTOINCREMENT String => Indicates whether this column is auto incremented
          • YES --- if the column is auto incremented
          • NO --- if the column is not auto incremented
          • empty string --- if it cannot be determined whether the column is auto incremented parameter is unknown
        Specified by:
        getColumns in interface DatabaseMetaData
        Parameters:
        catalog - a catalog name; "" retrieves those without a catalog; null means drop catalog name from the selection criteria
        schemaPattern - a schema name pattern; "" retrieves those without a schema
        tableNamePattern - a table name pattern
        columnNamePattern - a column name pattern
        Returns:
        ResultSet each row is a column description
        Throws:
        SQLException
        See Also:
        getSearchStringEscape()

      • getColumnPrivileges

        public ResultSet getColumnPrivileges​(String catalog,
                                     String schemaPattern,
                                     String tableNamePattern,
                                     String columnNamePattern)
                              throws SQLException
        Get a description of the access rights for a table's columns.

        Only privileges matching the column name criteria are returned. They are ordered by COLUMN_NAME and PRIVILEGE.

        Each privilige description has the following columns:

        1. TABLE_CAT String => table catalog (may be null)
        2. TABLE_SCHEM String => table schema (may be null)
        3. TABLE_NAME String => table name
        4. COLUMN_NAME String => column name
        5. GRANTOR => grantor of access (may be null)
        6. GRANTEE String => grantee of access
        7. PRIVILEGE String => name of access (SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, REFRENCES, ...)
        8. IS_GRANTABLE String => "YES" if grantee is permitted to grant to others; "NO" if not; null if unknown
        Specified by:
        getColumnPrivileges in interface DatabaseMetaData
        Parameters:
        catalog - a catalog name; "" retrieves those without a catalog; null means drop catalog name from the selection criteria
        schemaPattern - a schema name; "" retrieves those without a schema
        tableNamePattern - a table name
        columnNamePattern - a column name pattern
        Returns:
        ResultSet each row is a column privilege description
        Throws:
        SQLException
        See Also:
        getSearchStringEscape()

      • getTablePrivileges

        public ResultSet getTablePrivileges​(String catalog,
                                    String schemaPattern,
                                    String tableNamePattern)
                             throws SQLException
        Get a description of the access rights for each table available in a catalog.

        Only privileges matching the schema and table name criteria are returned. They are ordered by TABLE_SCHEM, TABLE_NAME, and PRIVILEGE.

        Each privilige description has the following columns:

        1. TABLE_CAT String => table catalog (may be null)
        2. TABLE_SCHEM String => table schema (may be null)
        3. TABLE_NAME String => table name
        4. COLUMN_NAME String => column name
        5. GRANTOR => grantor of access (may be null)
        6. GRANTEE String => grantee of access
        7. PRIVILEGE String => name of access (SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, REFRENCES, ...)
        8. IS_GRANTABLE String => "YES" if grantee is permitted to grant to others; "NO" if not; null if unknown
        Specified by:
        getTablePrivileges in interface DatabaseMetaData
        Parameters:
        catalog - a catalog name; "" retrieves those without a catalog; null means drop catalog name from the selection criteria
        schemaPattern - a schema name pattern; "" retrieves those without a schema
        tableNamePattern - a table name pattern
        Returns:
        ResultSet each row is a table privilege description
        Throws:
        SQLException
        See Also:
        getSearchStringEscape()

      • getBestRowIdentifier

        public ResultSet getBestRowIdentifier​(String catalog,
                                      String schema,
                                      String table,
                                      int scope,
                                      boolean nullable)
                               throws SQLException
        Get a description of a table's optimal set of columns that uniquely identifies a row. They are ordered by SCOPE.

        Each column description has the following columns:

        1. SCOPE short => actual scope of result
          • bestRowTemporary - very temporary, while using row
          • bestRowTransaction - valid for remainder of current transaction
          • bestRowSession - valid for remainder of current session
        2. COLUMN_NAME String => column name
        3. DATA_TYPE short => SQL data type from java.sql.Types
        4. TYPE_NAME String => Data source dependent type name
        5. COLUMN_SIZE int => precision
        6. BUFFER_LENGTH int => not used
        7. DECIMAL_DIGITS short => scale
        8. PSEUDO_COLUMN short => is this a pseudo column like an Oracle ROWID
          • bestRowUnknown - may or may not be pseudo column
          • bestRowNotPseudo - is NOT a pseudo column
          • bestRowPseudo - is a pseudo column
        Specified by:
        getBestRowIdentifier in interface DatabaseMetaData
        Parameters:
        catalog - a catalog name; "" retrieves those without a catalog; null means drop catalog name from the selection criteria
        schema - a schema name; "" retrieves those without a schema
        table - a table name
        scope - the scope of interest; use same values as SCOPE
        nullable - include columns that are nullable?
        Returns:
        ResultSet each row is a column description
        Throws:
        SQLException

      • getVersionColumns

        public ResultSet getVersionColumns​(String catalog,
                                   String schema,
                                   String table)
                            throws SQLException
        Get a description of a table's columns that are automatically updated when any value in a row is updated. They are unordered.

        Each column description has the following columns:

        1. SCOPE short => is not used
        2. COLUMN_NAME String => column name
        3. DATA_TYPE short => SQL data type from java.sql.Types
        4. TYPE_NAME String => Data source dependent type name
        5. COLUMN_SIZE int => precision
        6. BUFFER_LENGTH int => length of column value in bytes
        7. DECIMAL_DIGITS short => scale
        8. PSEUDO_COLUMN short => is this a pseudo column like an Oracle ROWID
          • versionColumnUnknown - may or may not be pseudo column
          • versionColumnNotPseudo - is NOT a pseudo column
          • versionColumnPseudo - is a pseudo column
        Specified by:
        getVersionColumns in interface DatabaseMetaData
        Parameters:
        catalog - a catalog name; "" retrieves those without a catalog; null means drop catalog name from the selection criteria
        schema - a schema name; "" retrieves those without a schema
        table - a table name
        Returns:
        ResultSet each row is a column description
        Throws:
        SQLException

      • getPrimaryKeys

        public ResultSet getPrimaryKeys​(String catalog,
                                String schema,
                                String table)
                         throws SQLException
        Get a description of a table's primary key columns. They are ordered by COLUMN_NAME.

        Each column description has the following columns:

        1. TABLE_CAT String => table catalog (may be null)
        2. TABLE_SCHEM String => table schema (may be null)
        3. TABLE_NAME String => table name
        4. COLUMN_NAME String => column name
        5. KEY_SEQ short => sequence number within primary key
        6. PK_NAME String => primary key name (may be null)
        Specified by:
        getPrimaryKeys in interface DatabaseMetaData
        Parameters:
        catalog - a catalog name; "" retrieves those without a catalog; null means drop catalog name from the selection criteria
        schema - a schema name pattern; "" retrieves those without a schema
        table - a table name
        Returns:
        ResultSet each row is a primary key column description
        Throws:
        SQLException

      • getImportedKeys

        public ResultSet getImportedKeys​(String catalog,
                                 String schema,
                                 String table)
                          throws SQLException
        Get a description of the primary key columns that are referenced by a table's foreign key columns (the primary keys imported by a table). They are ordered by PKTABLE_CAT, PKTABLE_SCHEM, PKTABLE_NAME, and KEY_SEQ.

        Each primary key column description has the following columns:

        1. PKTABLE_CAT String => primary key table catalog being imported (may be null)
        2. PKTABLE_SCHEM String => primary key table schema being imported (may be null)
        3. PKTABLE_NAME String => primary key table name being imported
        4. PKCOLUMN_NAME String => primary key column name being imported
        5. FKTABLE_CAT String => foreign key table catalog (may be null)
        6. FKTABLE_SCHEM String => foreign key table schema (may be null)
        7. FKTABLE_NAME String => foreign key table name
        8. FKCOLUMN_NAME String => foreign key column name
        9. KEY_SEQ short => sequence number within foreign key
        10. UPDATE_RULE short => What happens to foreign key when primary is updated:
          • importedKeyCascade - change imported key to agree with primary key update
          • importedKeyRestrict - do not allow update of primary key if it has been imported
          • importedKeySetNull - change imported key to NULL if its primary key has been updated
        11. DELETE_RULE short => What happens to the foreign key when primary is deleted.
          • importedKeyCascade - delete rows that import a deleted key
          • importedKeyRestrict - do not allow delete of primary key if it has been imported
          • importedKeySetNull - change imported key to NULL if its primary key has been deleted
        12. FK_NAME String => foreign key name (may be null)
        13. PK_NAME String => primary key name (may be null)
        Specified by:
        getImportedKeys in interface DatabaseMetaData
        Parameters:
        catalog - a catalog name; "" retrieves those without a catalog; null means drop catalog name from the selection criteria
        schema - a schema name pattern; "" retrieves those without a schema
        table - a table name
        Returns:
        ResultSet each row is a primary key column description
        Throws:
        SQLException
        See Also:
        getExportedKeys(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, java.lang.String)

      • getExportedKeys

        public ResultSet getExportedKeys​(String catalog,
                                 String schema,
                                 String table)
                          throws SQLException
        Get a description of a foreign key columns that reference a table's primary key columns (the foreign keys exported by a table). They are ordered by FKTABLE_CAT, FKTABLE_SCHEM, FKTABLE_NAME, and KEY_SEQ.

        Each foreign key column description has the following columns:

        1. PKTABLE_CAT String => primary key table catalog (may be null)
        2. PKTABLE_SCHEM String => primary key table schema (may be null)
        3. PKTABLE_NAME String => primary key table name
        4. PKCOLUMN_NAME String => primary key column name
        5. FKTABLE_CAT String => foreign key table catalog (may be null) being exported (may be null)
        6. FKTABLE_SCHEM String => foreign key table schema (may be null) being exported (may be null)
        7. FKTABLE_NAME String => foreign key table name being exported
        8. FKCOLUMN_NAME String => foreign key column name being exported
        9. KEY_SEQ short => sequence number within foreign key
        10. UPDATE_RULE short => What happens to foreign key when primary is updated:
          • importedKeyCascade - change imported key to agree with primary key update
          • importedKeyRestrict - do not allow update of primary key if it has been imported
          • importedKeySetNull - change imported key to NULL if its primary key has been updated
        11. DELETE_RULE short => What happens to the foreign key when primary is deleted.
          • importedKeyCascade - delete rows that import a deleted key
          • importedKeyRestrict - do not allow delete of primary key if it has been imported
          • importedKeySetNull - change imported key to NULL if its primary key has been deleted
        12. FK_NAME String => foreign key identifier (may be null)
        13. PK_NAME String => primary key identifier (may be null)
        Specified by:
        getExportedKeys in interface DatabaseMetaData
        Parameters:
        catalog - a catalog name; "" retrieves those without a catalog; null means drop catalog name from the selection criteria
        schema - a schema name pattern; "" retrieves those without a schema
        table - a table name
        Returns:
        ResultSet each row is a foreign key column description
        Throws:
        SQLException
        See Also:
        getImportedKeys(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, java.lang.String)

      • getCrossReference

        public ResultSet getCrossReference​(String primaryCatalog,
                                   String primarySchema,
                                   String primaryTable,
                                   String foreignCatalog,
                                   String foreignSchema,
                                   String foreignTable)
                            throws SQLException
        Get a description of the foreign key columns in the foreign key table that reference the primary key columns of the primary key table (describe how one table imports another's key.) This should normally return a single foreign key/primary key pair (most tables only import a foreign key from a table once.) They are ordered by FKTABLE_CAT, FKTABLE_SCHEM, FKTABLE_NAME, and KEY_SEQ.

        Each foreign key column description has the following columns:

        1. PKTABLE_CAT String => primary key table catalog (may be null)
        2. PKTABLE_SCHEM String => primary key table schema (may be null)
        3. PKTABLE_NAME String => primary key table name
        4. PKCOLUMN_NAME String => primary key column name
        5. FKTABLE_CAT String => foreign key table catalog (may be null) being exported (may be null)
        6. FKTABLE_SCHEM String => foreign key table schema (may be null) being exported (may be null)
        7. FKTABLE_NAME String => foreign key table name being exported
        8. FKCOLUMN_NAME String => foreign key column name being exported
        9. KEY_SEQ short => sequence number within foreign key
        10. UPDATE_RULE short => What happens to foreign key when primary is updated:
          • importedKeyCascade - change imported key to agree with primary key update
          • importedKeyRestrict - do not allow update of primary key if it has been imported
          • importedKeySetNull - change imported key to NULL if its primary key has been updated
        11. DELETE_RULE short => What happens to the foreign key when primary is deleted.
          • importedKeyCascade - delete rows that import a deleted key
          • importedKeyRestrict - do not allow delete of primary key if it has been imported
          • importedKeySetNull - change imported key to NULL if its primary key has been deleted
        12. FK_NAME String => foreign key identifier (may be null)
        13. PK_NAME String => primary key identifier (may be null)
        Specified by:
        getCrossReference in interface DatabaseMetaData
        Parameters:
        primaryCatalog - a catalog name; "" retrieves those without a catalog; null means drop catalog name from the selection criteria
        primarySchema - a schema name pattern; "" retrieves those without a schema
        primaryTable - the table name that exports the key
        foreignCatalog - a catalog name; "" retrieves those without a catalog; null means drop catalog name from the selection criteria
        foreignSchema - a schema name pattern; "" retrieves those without a schema
        foreignTable - the table name that imports the key
        Returns:
        ResultSet each row is a foreign key column description
        Throws:
        SQLException
        See Also:
        getImportedKeys(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, java.lang.String)

      • getTypeInfo

        public ResultSet getTypeInfo()
                      throws SQLException
        Get a description of all the standard SQL types supported by this database. They are ordered by DATA_TYPE and then by how closely the data type maps to the corresponding JDBC SQL type.

        Each type description has the following columns:

        1. TYPE_NAME String => Type name
        2. DATA_TYPE short => SQL data type from java.sql.Types
        3. PRECISION int => maximum precision
        4. LITERAL_PREFIX String => prefix used to quote a literal (may be null)
        5. LITERAL_SUFFIX String => suffix used to quote a literal (may be null)
        6. CREATE_PARAMS String => parameters used in creating the type (may be null)
        7. NULLABLE short => can you use NULL for this type?
          • typeNoNulls - does not allow NULL values
          • typeNullable - allows NULL values
          • typeNullableUnknown - nullability unknown
        8. CASE_SENSITIVE boolean=> is it case sensitive?
        9. SEARCHABLE short => can you use "WHERE" based on this type:
          • typePredNone - No support
          • typePredChar - Only supported with WHERE .. LIKE
          • typePredBasic - Supported except for WHERE .. LIKE
          • typeSearchable - Supported for all WHERE ..
        10. UNSIGNED_ATTRIBUTE boolean => is it unsigned?
        11. FIXED_PREC_SCALE boolean => can it be a money value?
        12. AUTO_INCREMENT boolean => can it be used for an auto-increment value?
        13. LOCAL_TYPE_NAME String => localized version of type name (may be null)
        14. MINIMUM_SCALE short => minimum scale supported
        15. MAXIMUM_SCALE short => maximum scale supported
        16. SQL_DATA_TYPE int => unused
        17. SQL_DATETIME_SUB int => unused
        18. NUM_PREC_RADIX int => usually 2 or 10
        Specified by:
        getTypeInfo in interface DatabaseMetaData
        Returns:
        ResultSet each row is a SQL type description
        Throws:
        SQLException

      • getIndexInfo

        public ResultSet getIndexInfo​(String catalog,
                              String schema,
                              String table,
                              boolean unique,
                              boolean approximate)
                       throws SQLException
        Get a description of a table's indices and statistics. They are ordered by NON_UNIQUE, TYPE, INDEX_NAME, and ORDINAL_POSITION.

        Each index column description has the following columns:

        1. TABLE_CAT String => table catalog (may be null)
        2. TABLE_SCHEM String => table schema (may be null)
        3. TABLE_NAME String => table name
        4. NON_UNIQUE boolean => Can index values be non-unique? false when TYPE is tableIndexStatistic
        5. INDEX_QUALIFIER String => index catalog (may be null); null when TYPE is tableIndexStatistic
        6. INDEX_NAME String => index name; null when TYPE is tableIndexStatistic
        7. TYPE short => index type:
          • tableIndexStatistic - this identifies table statistics that are returned in conjuction with a table's index descriptions
          • tableIndexClustered - this is a clustered index
          • tableIndexHashed - this is a hashed index
          • tableIndexOther - this is some other style of index
        8. ORDINAL_POSITION short => column sequence number within index; zero when TYPE is tableIndexStatistic
        9. COLUMN_NAME String => column name; null when TYPE is tableIndexStatistic
        10. ASC_OR_DESC String => column sort sequence, "A" => ascending, "D" => descending, may be null if sort sequence is not supported; null when TYPE is tableIndexStatistic
        11. CARDINALITY int => When TYPE is tableIndexStatisic then this is the number of rows in the table; otherwise it is the number of unique values in the index.
        12. PAGES int => When TYPE is tableIndexStatisic then this is the number of pages used for the table, otherwise it is the number of pages used for the current index.
        13. FILTER_CONDITION String => Filter condition, if any. (may be null)
        Specified by:
        getIndexInfo in interface DatabaseMetaData
        Parameters:
        catalog - a catalog name; "" retrieves those without a catalog; null means drop catalog name from the selection criteria
        schema - a schema name pattern; "" retrieves those without a schema
        table - a table name
        unique - when true, return only indices for unique values; when false, return indices regardless of whether unique or not
        approximate - when true, result is allowed to reflect approximate or out of data values; when false, results are requested to be accurate

        Note: The schema and table names may be used internally to create a query to get further information from the database. They must conform to the Oracle schema object naming rules. Examples of valid names: last_name, horse,"MY-TEST", "EVEN THIS & THAT!"

        Returns:
        ResultSet each row is an index column description
        Throws:
        SQLException

      • supportsResultSetType

        public boolean supportsResultSetType​(int type)
                              throws SQLException
        Implements JDBC 2.0 DatabaseMetaData.supportsResultSetType. Does the database support the given result set type? This method always return true.
        Specified by:
        supportsResultSetType in interface DatabaseMetaData
        Parameters:
        type - defined in java.sql.ResultSet
        Returns:
        true always
        Throws:
        SQLException - if a database access error occurs
        See Also:
        Connection

      • supportsResultSetConcurrency

        public boolean supportsResultSetConcurrency​(int type,
                                            int concurrency)
                                     throws SQLException
        Implements JDBC 2.0 DatabaseMetaData.supportsResultSetConcurrency. Does the database support the concurrency type in combination with the given result set type? This method always return true.
        Specified by:
        supportsResultSetConcurrency in interface DatabaseMetaData
        Parameters:
        type - defined in java.sql.ResultSet
        concurrency - type defined in java.sql.ResultSet
        Returns:
        true always
        Throws:
        SQLException - if a database access error occurs
        See Also:
        Connection

      • ownUpdatesAreVisible

        public boolean ownUpdatesAreVisible​(int type)
                             throws SQLException
        Implements JDBC 2.0 DatabaseMetaData.ownUpdatesAreVisible. Indicates whether a result set's own updates are visible. Return true for scroll-insensitive and scroll-sensitive resultsets.
        Specified by:
        ownUpdatesAreVisible in interface DatabaseMetaData
        Parameters:
        type - result set type, i.e. ResultSet.TYPE_XXX
        Returns:
        true if updates are visible for the result set type false otherwise
        Throws:
        SQLException - if a database access error occurs

      • ownDeletesAreVisible

        public boolean ownDeletesAreVisible​(int type)
                             throws SQLException
        Implements JDBC 2.0 DatabaseMetaData.ownDeletesAreVisible. Indicates whether a result set's own deletes are visible. Return true for scroll-insensitive and scroll-sensitive resultsets.
        Specified by:
        ownDeletesAreVisible in interface DatabaseMetaData
        Parameters:
        type - result set type, i.e. ResultSet.TYPE_XXX
        Returns:
        true if deletes are visible for the result set type false otherwise
        Throws:
        SQLException - if a database access error occurs

      • ownInsertsAreVisible

        public boolean ownInsertsAreVisible​(int type)
                             throws SQLException
        Implements JDBC 2.0 DatabaseMetaData.ownInsertsAreVisible. Indicates whether a result set's own inserts are visible. This method always return false in Oracle JDBC driver.
        Specified by:
        ownInsertsAreVisible in interface DatabaseMetaData
        Parameters:
        type - result set type, i.e. ResultSet.TYPE_XXX
        Returns:
        true if inserts are visible for the result set type false otherwise
        Throws:
        SQLException - if a database access error occurs

      • othersUpdatesAreVisible

        public boolean othersUpdatesAreVisible​(int type)
                                throws SQLException
        Implements JDBC 2.0 DatabaseMetaData.. Indicates whether updates made by others are visible. return true for scroll-sensitive result sets; reutrn false otherwise.
        Specified by:
        othersUpdatesAreVisible in interface DatabaseMetaData
        Parameters:
        type - result set type, i.e. ResultSet.TYPE_XXX
        Returns:
        true if updates made by others are visible for the result set type; false otherwise
        Throws:
        SQLException - if a database access error occurs

      • othersDeletesAreVisible

        public boolean othersDeletesAreVisible​(int type)
                                throws SQLException
        Implements JDBC 2.0 DatabaseMetaData.. Indicates whether deletes made by others are visible. This method always return false since Oracle JDBC driver doesn't make others changes visible.
        Specified by:
        othersDeletesAreVisible in interface DatabaseMetaData
        Parameters:
        type - result set type, i.e. ResultSet.TYPE_XXX
        Returns:
        true if deletes made by others are visible for the result set type; false otherwise
        Throws:
        SQLException - if a database access error occurs

      • othersInsertsAreVisible

        public boolean othersInsertsAreVisible​(int type)
                                throws SQLException
        Implements JDBC 2.0 DatabaseMetaData.othersInsertsAreVisible. Indicates whether inserts made by others are visible. This method always return false since Oracle JDBC driver doesn't make others changes visible.
        Specified by:
        othersInsertsAreVisible in interface DatabaseMetaData
        Parameters:
        type - result set type, i.e. ResultSet.TYPE_XXX
        Returns:
        true if updates are visible for the result set type true if inserts made by others are visible for the result set type; false otherwise
        Throws:
        SQLException - if a database access error occurs

      • updatesAreDetected

        public boolean updatesAreDetected​(int type)
                           throws SQLException
        Implements JDBC 2.0 DatabaseMetaData.updatesAreDetected. Indicates whether or not a visible row update can be detected by calling the method ResultSet.rowUpdated. This method always return false since Oracle JDBC driver doesn't detect row changes.
        Specified by:
        updatesAreDetected in interface DatabaseMetaData
        Parameters:
        type - result set type, i.e. ResultSet.TYPE_XXX
        Returns:
        true if changes are detected by the result set type false otherwise
        Throws:
        SQLException - if a database access error occurs

      • deletesAreDetected

        public boolean deletesAreDetected​(int type)
                           throws SQLException
        Implements JDBC 2.0 DatabaseMetaData.deletesAreDetected. Indicates whether or not a visible row delete can be detected by calling ResultSet.rowDeleted(). This method always return false since Oracle JDBC driver doesn't detect row changes.
        Specified by:
        deletesAreDetected in interface DatabaseMetaData
        Parameters:
        type - result set type, i.e. ResultSet.TYPE_XXX
        Returns:
        true if changes are detected by the resultset type
        Throws:
        SQLException - if a database access error occurs

      • insertsAreDetected

        public boolean insertsAreDetected​(int type)
                           throws SQLException
        Implements JDBC 2.0 DatabaseMetaData.insertsAreDetected. Indicates whether or not a visible row insert can be detected by calling ResultSet.rowInserted(). This method always return false since Oracle JDBC driver doesn't detect row changes.
        Specified by:
        insertsAreDetected in interface DatabaseMetaData
        Parameters:
        type -
        type - result set type, i.e. ResultSet.TYPE_XXX
        Returns:
        false always
        Throws:
        SQLException - if a database access error occurs

      • supportsBatchUpdates

        public boolean supportsBatchUpdates()
                             throws SQLException
        Implements JDBC 2.0 DatabaseMetaData::supportBatchUpdates. Indicates whether the driver supports batch updates.
        Specified by:
        supportsBatchUpdates in interface DatabaseMetaData
        Returns:
        true if the driver supports batch updates false otherwise
        Throws:
        SQLException

      • getUDTs

        public ResultSet getUDTs​(String catalog,
                         String schemaPattern,
                         String typeNamePattern,
                         int[] types)
                  throws SQLException
        Implements JDBC 2.0 DatabaseMetaData::getUDTs. Gets a description of the STRUCT types defined in a particular schema.

        Only types matching the schema, type name and type criteria are returned. They are ordered by DATA_TYPE, TYPE_SCHEM and TYPE_NAME. The type name parameter may be a fully-qualified name. In this case, the catalog and schemaPattern parameters are ignored.

        Each type description has the following columns:

        1. TYPE_CAT String => the type's catalog which is always null
        2. TYPE_SCHEM String => type's schema
        3. TYPE_NAME String => type name
        4. CLASS_NAME String => Java class name
        5. DATA_TYPE String => type value defined in java.sql.Types. Only STRUCT is supported.
        6. REMARKS String => explanatory comment on the type
        Specified by:
        getUDTs in interface DatabaseMetaData
        Parameters:
        catalog - is ignored since Oracle database doesn't support catalog for structured types
        schemaPattern - a schema name pattern; "" retrieves those without a schema
        typeNamePattern - a type name pattern; may be a fully-qualified name
        types - a list of user-named types to include (Oracle only STRUCT) supports; null returns all types
        Returns:
        ResultSet - each row is a type description
        Throws:
        SQLException - if a database access error occurs

      • getConnection

        public Connection getConnection()
                         throws SQLException
        Implements JDBC 2.0 DatabaseMetaData.getConnection. Retrieves the connection that produced this metadata object.
        Specified by:
        getConnection in interface DatabaseMetaData
        Returns:
        the connection that produced this metadata object
        Throws:
        SQLException

      • supportsSavepoints

        public boolean supportsSavepoints()
                           throws SQLException
        JDBC 3.0 Retrieves whether this database supports savepoints.
        Specified by:
        supportsSavepoints in interface DatabaseMetaData
        Returns:
        true if savepoints are supported false otherwise
        Throws:
        SQLException - if a database access error occurs
        Since:
        9.0.2

      • supportsNamedParameters

        public boolean supportsNamedParameters()
                                throws SQLException
        JDBC 3.0 Retrieves whether this database supports named parameters to callable statements.
        Specified by:
        supportsNamedParameters in interface DatabaseMetaData
        Returns:
        true if named parameters are supported false otherwise
        Throws:
        SQLException - if a database access error occurs
        Since:
        9.0.2

      • supportsMultipleOpenResults

        public boolean supportsMultipleOpenResults()
                                    throws SQLException
        JDBC 3.0 Retrieves whether it is possible to have multiple ResultSet objects returned from a CallableStatement object simultaneously.
        Specified by:
        supportsMultipleOpenResults in interface DatabaseMetaData
        Returns:
        true if a CallableStatement object can return multiple ResultSet objects simultaneously; false otherwise
        Throws:
        SQLException - if a datanase access error occurs
        Since:
        9.0.2

      • supportsGetGeneratedKeys

        public boolean supportsGetGeneratedKeys()
                                 throws SQLException
        JDBC 3.0 Retrieves whether auto-generated keys can be retrieved after a statement has been executed.
        Specified by:
        supportsGetGeneratedKeys in interface DatabaseMetaData
        Returns:
        true if auto-generated keys can be retrieved after a statement has executed; false otherwise
        Throws:
        SQLException - if a database access error occurs
        Since:
        9.0.2

      • getSuperTypes

        public ResultSet getSuperTypes​(String catalog,
                               String schemaPattern,
                               String typeNamePattern)
                        throws SQLException
        JDBC 3.0 Retrieves a description of the user-defined type (UDT) hierarchies defined in a particular schema in this database. Only the immediate super type/sub type relationship is modeled.

        Only supertype information for UDTs matching the catalog, schema, and type name is returned. The type name parameter may be a fully-qualified name. When the UDT name supplied is a fully-qualified name, the catalog and schemaPattern parameters are ignored.

        If a UDT does not have a direct super type, it is not listed here. A row of the ResultSet object returned by this method describes the designated UDT and a direct supertype. A row has the following columns:

        1. TYPE_CAT String => the UDT's catalog (may be null)
        2. TYPE_SCHEM String => UDT's schema (may be null)
        3. TYPE_NAME String => type name of the UDT
        4. SUPERTYPE_CAT String => the direct super type's catalog (may be null)
        5. SUPERTYPE_SCHEM String => the direct super type's schema (may be null)
        6. SUPERTYPE_NAME String => the direct super type's name

        Note: If the driver does not support type hierarchies, an empty result set is returned.

        Specified by:
        getSuperTypes in interface DatabaseMetaData
        Parameters:
        catalog - a catalog name; "" retrieves those without a catalog; null means drop catalog name from the selection criteria
        schemaPattern - a schema name pattern; "" retrieves those without a schema
        typeNamePattern - a UDT name pattern; may be a fully-qualified name
        Returns:
        a ResultSet object in which a row gives information about the designated UDT
        Throws:
        SQLException - if a database access error occurs
        Since:
        9.0.2

      • getSuperTables

        public ResultSet getSuperTables​(String catalog,
                                String schemaPattern,
                                String tableNamePattern)
                         throws SQLException
        JDBC 3.0 Retrieves a description of the table hierarchies defined in a particular schema in this database.

        Only supertable information for tables matching the catalog, schema and table name are returned. The table name parameter may be a fully- qualified name, in which case, the catalog and schemaPattern parameters are ignored. If a table does not have a super table, it is not listed here. Supertables have to be defined in the same catalog and schema as the sub tables. Therefore, the type description does not need to include this information for the supertable.

        Each type description has the following columns:

        1. TABLE_CAT String => the type's catalog (may be null)
        2. TABLE_SCHEM String => type's schema (may be null)
        3. TABLE_NAME String => type name
        4. SUPERTABLE_NAME String => the direct super type's name

        Note: If the driver does not support type hierarchies, an empty result set is returned.

        Specified by:
        getSuperTables in interface DatabaseMetaData
        Parameters:
        catalog - a catalog name; "" retrieves those without a catalog; null means drop catalog name from the selection criteria
        schemaPattern - a schema name pattern; "" retrieves those without a schema
        tableNamePattern - a table name pattern; may be a fully-qualified name
        Returns:
        a ResultSet object in which each row is a type description
        Throws:
        SQLException - if a database access error occurs
        Since:
        9.0.2

      • getAttributes

        public ResultSet getAttributes​(String catalog,
                               String schemaPattern,
                               String typeNamePattern,
                               String attributeNamePattern)
                        throws SQLException
        JDBC 3.0 Retrieves a description of the given attribute of the given type for a user-defined type (UDT) that is available in the given schema and catalog.

        Descriptions are returned only for attributes of UDTs matching the catalog, schema, type, and attribute name criteria. They are ordered by TYPE_SCHEM, TYPE_NAME and ORDINAL_POSITION. This description does not contain inherited attributes.

        The ResultSet object that is returned has the following columns:

        1. TYPE_CAT String => type catalog (may be null)
        2. TYPE_SCHEM String => type schema (may be null)
        3. TYPE_NAME String => type name
        4. ATTR_NAME String => attribute name
        5. DATA_TYPE short => attribute type SQL type from java.sql.Types
        6. ATTR_TYPE_NAME String => Data source dependent type name. For a UDT, the type name is fully qualified. For a REF, the type name is fully qualified and represents the target type of the reference type.
        7. ATTR_SIZE int => column size. For char or date types this is the maximum number of characters; for numeric or decimal types this is precision.
        8. DECIMAL_DIGITS int => the number of fractional digits
        9. NUM_PREC_RADIX int => Radix (typically either 10 or 2)
        10. NULLABLE int => whether NULL is allowed
          • attributeNoNulls - might not allow NULL values
          • attributeNullable - definitely allows NULL values
          • attributeNullableUnknown - nullability unknown
        11. REMARKS String => comment describing column (may be null)
        12. ATTR_DEF String => default value (may be null)
        13. SQL_DATA_TYPE int => unused
        14. SQL_DATETIME_SUB int => unused
        15. CHAR_OCTET_LENGTH int => for char types the maximum number of bytes in the column
        16. ORDINAL_POSITION int => index of column in table (starting at 1)
        17. IS_NULLABLE String => "NO" means column definitely does not allow NULL values; "YES" means the column might allow NULL values. An empty string means unknown.
        18. SCOPE_CATALOG String => catalog of table that is the scope of a reference attribute (null if DATA_TYPE isn't REF)
        19. SCOPE_SCHEMA String => schema of table that is the scope of a reference attribute (null if DATA_TYPE isn't REF)
        20. SCOPE_TABLE String => table name that is the scope of a reference attribute (null if the DATA_TYPE isn't REF)
        21. SOURCE_DATA_TYPE short => source type of a distinct type or user-generated Ref type,SQL type from java.sql.Types (null if DATA_TYPE isn't DISTINCT or user-generated REF)
        Specified by:
        getAttributes in interface DatabaseMetaData
        Parameters:
        catalog - a catalog name; must match the catalog name as it is stored in the database; "" retrieves those without a catalog; null means that the catalog name should not be used to narrow the search
        schemaPattern - a schema name pattern; must match the schema name as it is stored in the database; "" retrieves those without a schema; null means that the schema name should not be used to narrow the search
        typeNamePattern - a type name pattern; must match the type name as it is stored in the database
        attributeNamePattern - an attribute name pattern; must match the attribute name as it is declared in the database
        Returns:
        a ResultSet object in which each row is an attribute description
        Throws:
        SQLException - if a database access error occurs
        Since:
        9.0.2

      • supportsResultSetHoldability

        public boolean supportsResultSetHoldability​(int holdability)
                                     throws SQLException
        JDBC 3.0 Retrieves whether this database supports the given result set holdability.
        Specified by:
        supportsResultSetHoldability in interface DatabaseMetaData
        Parameters:
        holdability - one of the following constants: ResultSet.HOLD_CURSORS_OVER_COMMIT or ResultSet.CLOSE_CURSORS_AT_COMMIT or OracleResultSet.HOLD_CURSORS_OVER_COMMIT for jdk1.2 and jdk1.3 or OracleResultSet.CLOSE_CURSORS_AT_COMMIT for jdk1.2 and jdk1.3
        Returns:
        true if so false otherwise
        Throws:
        SQLException - if a database access error occurs
        Since:
        9.0.2
        See Also:
        Connection

      • getResultSetHoldability

        public int getResultSetHoldability()
                            throws SQLException
        JDBC 3.0 Retrieves the default holdability of this ResultSet object.
        Specified by:
        getResultSetHoldability in interface DatabaseMetaData
        Returns:
        the default holdability either ResultSet.HOLD_CURSORS_OVER_COMMIT or ResultSet.CLOSE_CURSORS_AT_COMMIT or OracleResultSet.HOLD_CURSORS_OVER_COMMIT for jdk1.2 and jdk1.3 or OracleResultSet.CLOSE_CURSORS_AT_COMMIT for jdk1.2 and jdk1.3
        Throws:
        SQLException - if a database access error occurs
        Since:
        9.0.2

      • getDatabaseMajorVersion

        public int getDatabaseMajorVersion()
                            throws SQLException
        JDBC 3.0 Retrieves the major version number of the underlying database.
        Specified by:
        getDatabaseMajorVersion in interface DatabaseMetaData
        Returns:
        the underlying database's major version
        Throws:
        SQLException - if a database access error occurs
        Since:
        9.0.2

      • getDatabaseMinorVersion

        public int getDatabaseMinorVersion()
                            throws SQLException
        JDBC 3.0 Retrieves the minor version number of the underlying database.
        Specified by:
        getDatabaseMinorVersion in interface DatabaseMetaData
        Returns:
        underlying database's minor version
        Throws:
        SQLException - if a database access error occurs
        Since:
        9.0.2

      • getJDBCMajorVersion

        public int getJDBCMajorVersion()
                        throws SQLException
        JDBC 3.0 Retrieves the major JDBC version number for this driver.
        Specified by:
        getJDBCMajorVersion in interface DatabaseMetaData
        Returns:
        JDBC version major number
        Throws:
        SQLException - if a database access error occurs
        Since:
        9.0.2

      • getJDBCMinorVersion

        public int getJDBCMinorVersion()
                        throws SQLException
        JDBC 3.0 Retrieves the minor JDBC version number for this driver.
        Specified by:
        getJDBCMinorVersion in interface DatabaseMetaData
        Returns:
        JDBC version minor number
        Throws:
        SQLException - if a database access error occurs
        Since:
        9.0.2

      • getSQLStateType

        public int getSQLStateType()
                    throws SQLException
        JDBC 3.0 Indicates whether the SQLSTATEs returned by SQLException.getSQLState is X/Open (now known as Open Group) SQL CLI or SQL99.
        Specified by:
        getSQLStateType in interface DatabaseMetaData
        Returns:
        the type of SQLSTATEs, one of: sqlStateXOpen or sqlStateSQL99
        Throws:
        SQLException - if a database access error occurs
        Since:
        9.0.2

      • getDriverNameInfo

        public static String getDriverNameInfo()
                                throws SQLException
        What's the name of this JDBC driver?
        Returns:
        JDBC driver name
        Throws:
        SQLException

      • getDriverVersionInfo

        public static String getDriverVersionInfo()
                                   throws SQLException
        Deprecated.
        -- use standard getDriverVersion()
        What's the version of this JDBC driver?
        Returns:
        JDBC driver version
        Throws:
        SQLException

      • getDriverMajorVersionInfo

        public static int getDriverMajorVersionInfo()
        Deprecated.
        -- use standard getDriverMajorVersion()
        What's this JDBC driver's major version number?
        Returns:
        JDBC driver major version

      • getDriverMinorVersionInfo

        public static int getDriverMinorVersionInfo()
        Deprecated.
        -- use JDBC standard method getDriverMinorVersion
        What's this JDBC driver's minor version number?
        Returns:
        JDBC driver minor version number

      • getLobPrecision

        public static String getLobPrecision()
                              throws SQLException
        Deprecated.
        This is an internal method that should not be used by customers.
        Throws:
        SQLException

      • getLobMaxLength

        public long getLobMaxLength()
                     throws SQLException
        The max size of a lob on the server for this connection. Note that the actual size available for a particular lob will depend on the specific storage allocation.
        Specified by:
        getLobMaxLength in interface AdditionalDatabaseMetaData
        Returns:
        Max size of lob.
        Throws:
        SQLException

      • getSchemas

        public ResultSet getSchemas​(String catalog,
                            String schemaPattern)
                     throws SQLException
        Return the schemas that match the given pattern. Oracle does not support catalogs so that parameter is ignored. If the pattern is null that means don't filter using a pattern. Since the catalog is ignored that is the same as the getSchemas() method so call it.

        The schema columns are:

        1. TABLE_SCHEM String => schema name
        2. TABLE_CATALOG String => catalog name always null.
        Specified by:
        getSchemas in interface DatabaseMetaData
        Parameters:
        catalog - ignored
        schemaPattern - pattern to match against the schema names
        Returns:
        a result set of schema names
        Throws:
        SQLException - if a database error occurs
        Since:
        11.0

      • getFunctions

        public ResultSet getFunctions​(String catalog,
                              String schemaPattern,
                              String functionNamePattern)
                       throws SQLException
        Return a result set that describes the matching functions.
        Specified by:
        getFunctions in interface DatabaseMetaData
        Parameters:
        catalog - used for the package name
        schemaPattern - the schema pattern to match
        functionNamePattern - the pattern to match against the function name
        Returns:
        a ResultSet that describes the matching functions
        Throws:
        SQLException
        Since:
        11.0

      • isWrapperFor

        public boolean isWrapperFor​(Class<?> iface)
                     throws SQLException
        Since this class is not a wrapper, just check to see if this implements the requested interface.
        Specified by:
        isWrapperFor in interface Wrapper
        Parameters:
        iface - requested interface
        Returns:
        true iff this implements the requested interface
        Throws:
        SQLException - if the arg is not an interface
        Since:
        JDBC 4.0

      • unwrap

        public <T> T unwrap​(Class<T> iface)
             throws SQLException
        Since this class is not a wrapper, just check to see if this implements the requested interface. If it does return this.
        Specified by:
        unwrap in interface Wrapper
        Parameters:
        iface - requested interface
        Returns:
        this iff this implements the requested interface
        Throws:
        SQLException - if this does not implement the arg or the arg is not an interface
        Since:
        JDBC 4.0

      • hasSqlWildcard

        protected boolean hasSqlWildcard​(String s)

      • stripSqlEscapes

        protected String stripSqlEscapes​(String s)

      • getOracleTypeMetaData

        public OracleTypeMetaData getOracleTypeMetaData​(String sqlTypeName)
                                         throws SQLException
        Description copied from interface: AdditionalDatabaseMetaData
        Return the type metadata for a named type. Use this instead of the various Descriptor classes and methods. Use of the Descriptor classes and methods such as oracle.sql.TypeDescriptor, is not recommended and will cause ClassCastException if used with some new Oracle JDBC features.
        Specified by:
        getOracleTypeMetaData in interface AdditionalDatabaseMetaData
        Parameters:
        sqlTypeName - the name of the type
        Returns:
        the metadata for the type
        Throws:
        SQLException - if the type does not exist or some other error occurs

      • getAuditBanner

        public String getAuditBanner()
                      throws SQLException
        Returns the audit banner on this connection.
        Specified by:
        getAuditBanner in interface AdditionalDatabaseMetaData
        Returns:
        String containing the audit banner or a null String if there isn't one available on this connection.
        Throws:
        SQLException - if there is any issue while retrieving the banner

      • getAccessBanner

        public String getAccessBanner()
                       throws SQLException
        Returns the access banner on this connection.
        Specified by:
        getAccessBanner in interface AdditionalDatabaseMetaData
        Returns:
        String containing the access banner or a null String if there isn't one available on this connection.
        Throws:
        SQLException - if there is any issue while retrieving the banner

      • isServerBigSCN

        public boolean isServerBigSCN()
                       throws SQLException
        Specified by:
        isServerBigSCN in interface oracle.jdbc.internal.AdditionalDatabaseMetaData
        Throws:
        SQLException

      • setACProxy

        public void setACProxy​(Object w)
        Specified by:
        setACProxy in interface oracle.jdbc.internal.ACProxyable

      • getACProxy

        public Object getACProxy()
        Specified by:
        getACProxy in interface oracle.jdbc.internal.ACProxyable

      • getMonitorLock

        public final oracle.jdbc.internal.Monitor.CloseableLock getMonitorLock()
        Specified by:
        getMonitorLock in interface oracle.jdbc.internal.Monitor
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