ParameterMetaData
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| java.sql.ParameterMetaData | 
An object that can be used to get information about the types
 and properties for each parameter marker in a
 PreparedStatement object. For some queries and driver
 implementations, the data that would be returned by a ParameterMetaData
 object may not be available until the PreparedStatement has
 been executed.
Some driver implementations may not be able to provide information about the
types and properties for each parameter marker in a CallableStatement
object.
Summary
| Constants | |
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| int | parameterModeInThe constant indicating that the parameter's mode is IN. | 
| int | parameterModeInOutThe constant indicating that the parameter's mode is INOUT. | 
| int | parameterModeOutThe constant indicating that the parameter's mode is OUT. | 
| int | parameterModeUnknownThe constant indicating that the mode of the parameter is unknown. | 
| int | parameterNoNullsThe constant indicating that a
 parameter will not allow  | 
| int | parameterNullableThe constant indicating that a
 parameter will allow  | 
| int | parameterNullableUnknownThe constant indicating that the nullability of a parameter is unknown. | 
| Public methods | |
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        String | 
      getParameterClassName(int param)
      Retrieves the fully-qualified name of the Java class whose instances
 should be passed to the method  | 
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        int | 
      getParameterCount()
      Retrieves the number of parameters in the  | 
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        int | 
      getParameterMode(int param)
      Retrieves the designated parameter's mode. | 
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        int | 
      getParameterType(int param)
      Retrieves the designated parameter's SQL type. | 
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        String | 
      getParameterTypeName(int param)
      Retrieves the designated parameter's database-specific type name. | 
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        int | 
      getPrecision(int param)
      Retrieves the designated parameter's specified column size. | 
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        int | 
      getScale(int param)
      Retrieves the designated parameter's number of digits to right of the decimal point. | 
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        int | 
      isNullable(int param)
      Retrieves whether null values are allowed in the designated parameter. | 
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        boolean | 
      isSigned(int param)
      Retrieves whether values for the designated parameter can be signed numbers. | 
| Inherited methods | |
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Constants
parameterModeIn
public static final int parameterModeIn
The constant indicating that the parameter's mode is IN.
Constant Value: 1 (0x00000001)
parameterModeInOut
public static final int parameterModeInOut
The constant indicating that the parameter's mode is INOUT.
Constant Value: 2 (0x00000002)
parameterModeOut
public static final int parameterModeOut
The constant indicating that the parameter's mode is OUT.
Constant Value: 4 (0x00000004)
parameterModeUnknown
public static final int parameterModeUnknown
The constant indicating that the mode of the parameter is unknown.
Constant Value: 0 (0x00000000)
parameterNoNulls
public static final int parameterNoNulls
The constant indicating that a
 parameter will not allow NULL values.
Constant Value: 0 (0x00000000)
parameterNullable
public static final int parameterNullable
The constant indicating that a
 parameter will allow NULL values.
Constant Value: 1 (0x00000001)
parameterNullableUnknown
public static final int parameterNullableUnknown
The constant indicating that the nullability of a parameter is unknown.
Constant Value: 2 (0x00000002)
Public methods
getParameterClassName
public abstract String getParameterClassName (int param)
Retrieves the fully-qualified name of the Java class whose instances
 should be passed to the method PreparedStatement.setObject.
| Parameters | |
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| param | int: the first parameter is 1, the second is 2, ... | 
| Returns | |
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| String | the fully-qualified name of the class in the Java programming
         language that would be used by the method PreparedStatement.setObjectto set the value
         in the specified parameter. This is the class name used
         for custom mapping. | 
| Throws | |
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| SQLException | if a database access error occurs | 
getParameterCount
public abstract int getParameterCount ()
Retrieves the number of parameters in the PreparedStatement
 object for which this ParameterMetaData object contains
 information.
| Returns | |
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| int | the number of parameters | 
| Throws | |
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| SQLException | if a database access error occurs | 
getParameterMode
public abstract int getParameterMode (int param)
Retrieves the designated parameter's mode.
| Parameters | |
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| param | int: the first parameter is 1, the second is 2, ... | 
| Returns | |
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| int | mode of the parameter; one of ParameterMetaData.parameterModeIn,ParameterMetaData.parameterModeOut, orParameterMetaData.parameterModeInOutParameterMetaData.parameterModeUnknown. | 
| Throws | |
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| SQLException | if a database access error occurs | 
getParameterType
public abstract int getParameterType (int param)
Retrieves the designated parameter's SQL type.
| Parameters | |
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| param | int: the first parameter is 1, the second is 2, ... | 
| Returns | |
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| int | SQL type from java.sql.Types | 
| Throws | |
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| SQLException | if a database access error occurs | 
See also:
getParameterTypeName
public abstract String getParameterTypeName (int param)
Retrieves the designated parameter's database-specific type name.
| Parameters | |
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| param | int: the first parameter is 1, the second is 2, ... | 
| Returns | |
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| String | type the name used by the database. If the parameter type is a user-defined type, then a fully-qualified type name is returned. | 
| Throws | |
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| SQLException | if a database access error occurs | 
getPrecision
public abstract int getPrecision (int param)
Retrieves the designated parameter's specified column size.
The returned value represents the maximum column size for the given parameter. 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. 0 is returned for data types where the column size is not applicable.
| Parameters | |
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| param | int: the first parameter is 1, the second is 2, ... | 
| Returns | |
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| int | precision | 
| Throws | |
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| SQLException | if a database access error occurs | 
getScale
public abstract int getScale (int param)
Retrieves the designated parameter's number of digits to right of the decimal point. 0 is returned for data types where the scale is not applicable.
| Parameters | |
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| param | int: the first parameter is 1, the second is 2, ... | 
| Returns | |
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| int | scale | 
| Throws | |
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| SQLException | if a database access error occurs | 
isNullable
public abstract int isNullable (int param)
Retrieves whether null values are allowed in the designated parameter.
| Parameters | |
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| param | int: the first parameter is 1, the second is 2, ... | 
| Returns | |
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| int | the nullability status of the given parameter; one of ParameterMetaData.parameterNoNulls,ParameterMetaData.parameterNullable, orParameterMetaData.parameterNullableUnknown | 
| Throws | |
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| SQLException | if a database access error occurs | 
isSigned
public abstract boolean isSigned (int param)
Retrieves whether values for the designated parameter can be signed numbers.
| Parameters | |
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| param | int: the first parameter is 1, the second is 2, ... | 
| Returns | |
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| boolean | trueif so;falseotherwise | 
| Throws | |
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| SQLException | if a database access error occurs | 
