N

N-tiered computing, 7–8

names

catalog, 544–545

tables, 549

names, columns

accessing by, 82–83

checking maximum, 403

specifying, 545–546

naming scheme, database connections, 56–58

naming service (XADataSource), 551–552

native code drivers. See Type 2 driver

native form, 68

navigation

Java database explorer, 274

ResultSets, 132–134

Net driver, 29–30

NetBank.java, 262–266

networks

distributing Java objects across. See RMI)

remote access latency, 14–15

services APIs, 4

new features, Java Database Connectivity (JDBC), 28–29

next() method, 131–132

notifications, connection events, 520–521

null or NULL

callable statements, 437

column, updating, 482–483

detecting, 416

information, getting, 486

parameter, setting, 547–548

prepared statements, 445–446

reading, 495

number

data, mapping to Java, 113

results, getting, 78–79

rows, jumping to, 132

numbers, auto-generated keys, 158–159

NUMERIC, 181

numeric functions, Structured Query Language (SQL) escape syntax, 121–122