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Microsoft SQL Server JDBC Driver 3.0

JDBC Driver API Reference

SQLServerDatabaseMetaData Class

SQLServerDatabaseMetaData Methods

allProceduresAreCallable Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

allTablesAreSelectable Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

autoCommitFailureClosesAllResultSets Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

dataDefinitionCausesTransactionCommit Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

dataDefinitionIgnoredInTransactions Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

deletesAreDetected Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

doesMaxRowSizeIncludeBlobs Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getAttributes Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getBestRowIdentifier Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getCatalogs Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getCatalogSeparator Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getCatalogTerm Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getClientInfoProperties Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getColumnPrivileges Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getColumns Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getConnection Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getCrossReference Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getDatabaseMajorVersion Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getDatabaseMinorVersion Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getDatabaseProductName Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getDatabaseProductVersion Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getDefaultTransactionIsolation Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getDriverMajorVersion Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getDriverMinorVersion Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getDriverName Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getDriverVersion Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getExportedKeys Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getExtraNameCharacters Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getFunctions Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getFunctionColumns Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getIdentifierQuoteString Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getImportedKeys Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getIndexInfo Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getJDBCMajorVersion Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getJDBCMinorVersion Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getMaxBinaryLiteralLength Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getMaxCatalogNameLength Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getMaxCharLiteralLength Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getMaxColumnNameLength Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getMaxColumnsInGroupBy Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getMaxColumnsInIndex Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getMaxColumnsInOrderBy Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getMaxColumnsInSelect Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getMaxColumnsInTable Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getMaxConnections Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getMaxCursorNameLength Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getMaxIndexLength Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getMaxProcedureNameLength Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getMaxRowSize Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getMaxSchemaNameLength Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getMaxStatementLength Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getMaxStatements Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getMaxTableNameLength Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getMaxTablesInSelect Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getMaxUserNameLength Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getNumericFunctions Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getPrimaryKeys Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getProcedureColumns Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getProcedures Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getProcedureTerm Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getResultSetHoldability Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getRowIdLifetime Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getSchemas Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getSchemaTerm Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getSearchStringEscape Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getSQLKeywords Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getSQLStateType Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getStringFunctions Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getSuperTables Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getSuperTypes Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getSystemFunctions Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getTablePrivileges Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getTables Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getTableTypes Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getTimeDateFunctions Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getTypeInfo Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getUDTs Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getURL Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getUserName Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

getVersionColumns Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

insertsAreDetected Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

isCatalogAtStart Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

isReadOnly Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

locatorsUpdateCopy Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

nullPlusNonNullIsNull Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

nullsAreSortedAtEnd Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

nullsAreSortedAtStart Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

nullsAreSortedHigh Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

nullsAreSortedLow Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

othersDeletesAreVisible Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

othersInsertsAreVisible Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

othersUpdatesAreVisible Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

ownDeletesAreVisible Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

ownInsertsAreVisible Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

ownUpdatesAreVisible Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

storesLowerCaseIdentifiers Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

storesLowerCaseQuotedIdentifiers Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

storesMixedCaseIdentifiers Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

storesMixedCaseQuotedIdentifiers Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

storesUpperCaseIdentifiers Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

storesUpperCaseQuotedIdentifiers Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

supportsAlterTableWithAddColumn Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

supportsAlterTableWithDropColumn Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

supportsANSI92EntryLevelSQL Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

supportsANSI92FullSQL Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

supportsANSI92IntermediateSQL Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

supportsBatchUpdates Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

supportsCatalogsInDataManipulation Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

supportsCatalogsInIndexDefinitions Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

supportsCatalogsInPrivilegeDefinitions Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

supportsCatalogsInProcedureCalls Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

supportsCatalogsInTableDefinitions Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

supportsColumnAliasing Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

supportsConvert Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

supportsCoreSQLGrammar Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

supportsCorrelatedSubqueries Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

supportsDataDefinitionAndDataManipulationTransactions Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

supportsDataManipulationTransactionsOnly Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

supportsDifferentTableCorrelationNames Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

supportsExpressionsInOrderBy Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

supportsExtendedSQLGrammar Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

supportsFullOuterJoins Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

supportsGetGeneratedKeys Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

supportsGroupBy Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

supportsGroupByBeyondSelect Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

supportsGroupByUnrelated Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

supportsIntegrityEnhancementFacility Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

supportsLikeEscapeClause Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

supportsLimitedOuterJoins Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

supportsMinimumSQLGrammar Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

supportsMixedCaseIdentifiers Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

supportsMixedCaseQuotedIdentifiers Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

supportsMultipleOpenResults Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

supportsMultipleResultSets Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

supportsMultipleTransactions Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

supportsNamedParameters Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

supportsNonNullableColumns Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

supportsOpenCursorsAcrossCommit Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

supportsOpenCursorsAcrossRollback Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

supportsOpenStatementsAcrossCommit Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

supportsOpenStatementsAcrossRollback Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

supportsOrderByUnrelated Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

supportsOuterJoins Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

supportsPositionedDelete Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

supportsPositionedUpdate Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

supportsResultSetConcurrency Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

supportsResultSetHoldability Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

supportsResultSetType Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

supportsSavepoints Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

supportsSchemasInDataManipulation Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

supportsSchemasInIndexDefinitions Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

supportsSchemasInPrivilegeDefinitions Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

supportsSchemasInProcedureCalls Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

supportsSchemasInTableDefinitions Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

supportsSelectForUpdate Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

supportsStatementPooling Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

supportsStoredProcedures Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

supportsStoredFunctionsUsingCallSyntax Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

supportsSubqueriesInComparisons Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

supportsSubqueriesInExists Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

supportsSubqueriesInIns Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

supportsSubqueriesInQuantifieds Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

supportsTableCorrelationNames Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

supportsTransactionIsolationLevel Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

supportsTransactions Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

supportsUnion Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

supportsUnionAll Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

updatesAreDetected Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

usesLocalFilePerTable Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

usesLocalFiles Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

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nullsAreSortedAtStart Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

SQL Server 2008 R2

Retrieves whether NULL values are sorted at the start, regardless of sort order.


public boolean nullsAreSortedAtStart()

true if sorted at the start. Otherwise, false.

SQLServerException

This nullsAreSortedAtStart method is specified by the nullsAreSortedAtStart method in the java.sql.DatabaseMetaData interface.

Reference

SQLServerDatabaseMetaData Class

Concepts

SQLServerDatabaseMetaData Methods

SQLServerDatabaseMetaData Members

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