factories application
CarFactory.java interface, 330–331
Car.java interface, 327–328
client class (CarSales.java), 334–340
client programs, 326–327
data structure, 324–325
described, 323–324
implementation, 328–334
remote method invocation (RMI) server, 340–341
fetching
columns, 79–83
direction, 472
result types, 511
field
Connection, 370–371
DatabaseMetaData, 383–389
DriverPropertyInfo, 436–437
ParameterMetaData, 437
ResultSet, 450–452
ResultSetMetaData, 483
Types, 515–518
field size, maximum
getting, 526–527
setting, 534
filenames, referring to data with, 115
firewalls, 31
first(), 132
fixed-point numbers, 113
flights
between airports (FlightsVector.java), 243–244
information (Flight.java), 239–240
x-y coordinates (MapInfo.java), 249–250
FLOAT or float
callable statements, 362
column, updating, 478
column value, 461
parameters, setting, 533
prepared statements, 445
type conversions, 180–181
writing, 497–498
foreign keys
descriptions, 400–401
tables, 395–396
Forte for Java, 11
function calls
call-level interface (CLI) library. See SAG-X/Open CLI
Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) interface, 20
processing. See driver
functions, checking database for availability, 165–166