P

Palm handhelds, 50

ParameterMetaData interface, 177–178

parameters

callable statements, 146–149

data truncation, 382

database connections, 55–56

prepared statements, 153–154

passing IN parameters, prepared statements, 153–154

password

errors, 102

maximum length, 527

parameter, setting, 552

sending with Uniform Resource Locator (URL), 60

performance, persistence, 199

permissions, checking (SQLPermission), 500

persistence

bean-managed, 194–199

car factory example, 324

container-managed, 192–194

container-managed versus bean-managed, 199–200

phantoms, 126

phonebook service example, 186–189

pictures, storing. See Blob or BLOB

PIN code, 254

platforms, availability on different, 51

polymorphism, 5

pooled connections

described, 524–525

managing, 521–522

status, 35–36

portability

drivers, 30–31

.gui files, 253

Java, 24

persistence, container-managed versus bean-managed, 199

platforms, availability on different, 51

precompiling Structured Query Language (SQL) statements, 440–449

PreparedStatement

batch updates, 139–141

BLOBs, sending, 154–155

creating, 376–378

defined, 150

executing, 151–153

information about, 437–449

interface, 34

parameters, setting, 183

passing IN parameters, 153–154

query, executing, 154

results, retrieving, 154

presentation tier

described, 8

JDBC 3.0 Extension (J2EE), 39

username, maximum length, 406

previous(), 132

primary keys

descriptions, 406

foreign keys, 395–396

interactive Structured Query Language (SQL), 324

programmatic interfaces, 16

programming editor, 11

programming languages, Structured Query Language (SQL)’s difference from, 16

properties

database connections, adjusting, 63–64

drivers, 436–437

results, adjusting, 95–98

Structured Query Language (SQL) statements, adjusting, 72–73