DrillDatabaseMetaData (Drill : 1.19.0 API)

All Superinterfaces:

DatabaseMetaData, Wrapper

All Known Implementing Classes:

DrillDatabaseMetaDataImpl
```
public interface DrillDatabaseMetaData
extends DatabaseMetaData
```
Drill-specific DatabaseMetaData.

Field Summary
- Fields inherited from interface java.sql.DatabaseMetaData
  attributeNoNulls, attributeNullable, attributeNullableUnknown, bestRowNotPseudo, bestRowPseudo, bestRowSession, bestRowTemporary, bestRowTransaction, bestRowUnknown, columnNoNulls, columnNullable, columnNullableUnknown, functionColumnIn, functionColumnInOut, functionColumnOut, functionColumnResult, functionColumnUnknown, functionNoNulls, functionNoTable, functionNullable, functionNullableUnknown, functionResultUnknown, functionReturn, functionReturnsTable, importedKeyCascade, importedKeyInitiallyDeferred, importedKeyInitiallyImmediate, importedKeyNoAction, importedKeyNotDeferrable, importedKeyRestrict, importedKeySetDefault, importedKeySetNull, procedureColumnIn, procedureColumnInOut, procedureColumnOut, procedureColumnResult, procedureColumnReturn, procedureColumnUnknown, procedureNoNulls, procedureNoResult, procedureNullable, procedureNullableUnknown, procedureResultUnknown, procedureReturnsResult, sqlStateSQL, sqlStateSQL99, sqlStateXOpen, tableIndexClustered, tableIndexHashed, tableIndexOther, tableIndexStatistic, typeNoNulls, typeNullable, typeNullableUnknown, typePredBasic, typePredChar, typePredNone, typeSearchable, versionColumnNotPseudo, versionColumnPseudo, versionColumnUnknown

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`ResultSet`	`getAttributes(String catalog, String schemaPattern, String typeNamePattern, String attributeNamePattern)` Drill: Currently, returns an empty (zero-row) result set.
`ResultSet`	`getBestRowIdentifier(String catalog, String schema, String table, int scope, boolean nullable)` Drill: Currently, returns an empty (zero-row) result set.
`ResultSet`	`getClientInfoProperties()` Drill: Currently, returns an empty (zero-row) result set.
`ResultSet`	`getColumnPrivileges(String catalog, String schema, String table, String columnNamePattern)` Drill: Currently, returns an empty (zero-row) result set.
`ResultSet`	`getCrossReference(String parentCatalog, String parentSchema, String parentTable, String foreignCatalog, String foreignSchema, String foreignTable)` Drill: Currently, returns an empty (zero-row) result set.
`ResultSet`	`getExportedKeys(String catalog, String schema, String table)` Drill: Currently, returns an empty (zero-row) result set.
`ResultSet`	`getFunctionColumns(String catalog, String schemaPattern, String functionNamePattern, String columnNamePattern)` Drill: Currently, returns an empty (zero-row) result set.
`ResultSet`	`getFunctions(String catalog, String schemaPattern, String functionNamePattern)` Drill: Currently, returns an empty (zero-row) result set.
`String`	`getIdentifierQuoteString()` Drill: Reports current SQL identifier quoting character.
`ResultSet`	`getImportedKeys(String catalog, String schema, String table)` Drill: Currently, returns an empty (zero-row) result set.
`ResultSet`	`getIndexInfo(String catalog, String schema, String table, boolean unique, boolean approximate)` Drill: Currently, returns an empty (zero-row) result set.
`ResultSet`	`getPrimaryKeys(String catalog, String schema, String table)` Drill: Currently, returns an empty (zero-row) result set.
`ResultSet`	`getProcedureColumns(String catalog, String schemaPattern, String procedureNamePattern, String columnNamePattern)` Drill: Currently, returns an empty (zero-row) result set.
`ResultSet`	`getProcedures(String catalog, String schemaPattern, String procedureNamePattern)` Drill: Currently, returns an empty (zero-row) result set.
`ResultSet`	`getPseudoColumns(String catalog, String schemaPattern, String tableNamePattern, String columnNamePattern)` Drill: Currently, returns an empty (zero-row) result set.
`ResultSet`	`getSuperTables(String catalog, String schemaPattern, String tableNamePattern)` Drill: Currently, returns an empty (zero-row) result set.
`ResultSet`	`getSuperTypes(String catalog, String schemaPattern, String typeNamePattern)` Drill: Currently, returns an empty (zero-row) result set.
`ResultSet`	`getTablePrivileges(String catalog, String schemaPattern, String tableNamePattern)` Drill: Currently, returns an empty (zero-row) result set.
`ResultSet`	`getTableTypes()` Drill: Currently, returns an empty (zero-row) result set.
`ResultSet`	`getTypeInfo()` Drill: Currently, returns an empty (zero-row) result set.
`ResultSet`	`getUDTs(String catalog, String schemaPattern, String typeNamePattern, int[] types)` Drill: Currently, returns an empty (zero-row) result set.
`ResultSet`	`getVersionColumns(String catalog, String schema, String table)` Drill: Currently, returns an empty (zero-row) result set.
`boolean`	`nullsAreSortedAtEnd()` Drill: Reports that NULL values are not sorted last.
`boolean`	`nullsAreSortedAtStart()` Drill: Reports that NULL values are not sorted first.
`boolean`	`nullsAreSortedHigh()` Drill: Reports that NULL values are sorted high.
`boolean`	`nullsAreSortedLow()` Drill: Reports that NULL values are not sorted low.

Methods inherited from interface java.sql.DatabaseMetaData
allProceduresAreCallable, allTablesAreSelectable, autoCommitFailureClosesAllResultSets, dataDefinitionCausesTransactionCommit, dataDefinitionIgnoredInTransactions, deletesAreDetected, doesMaxRowSizeIncludeBlobs, generatedKeyAlwaysReturned, getCatalogs, getCatalogSeparator, getCatalogTerm, getColumns, getConnection, getDatabaseMajorVersion, getDatabaseMinorVersion, getDatabaseProductName, getDatabaseProductVersion, getDefaultTransactionIsolation, getDriverMajorVersion, getDriverMinorVersion, getDriverName, getDriverVersion, getExtraNameCharacters, getJDBCMajorVersion, getJDBCMinorVersion, getMaxBinaryLiteralLength, getMaxCatalogNameLength, getMaxCharLiteralLength, getMaxColumnNameLength, getMaxColumnsInGroupBy, getMaxColumnsInIndex, getMaxColumnsInOrderBy, getMaxColumnsInSelect, getMaxColumnsInTable, getMaxConnections, getMaxCursorNameLength, getMaxIndexLength, getMaxLogicalLobSize, getMaxProcedureNameLength, getMaxRowSize, getMaxSchemaNameLength, getMaxStatementLength, getMaxStatements, getMaxTableNameLength, getMaxTablesInSelect, getMaxUserNameLength, getNumericFunctions, getProcedureTerm, getResultSetHoldability, getRowIdLifetime, getSchemas, getSchemas, getSchemaTerm, getSearchStringEscape, getSQLKeywords, getSQLStateType, getStringFunctions, getSystemFunctions, getTables, getTimeDateFunctions, getURL, getUserName, insertsAreDetected, isCatalogAtStart, isReadOnly, locatorsUpdateCopy, nullPlusNonNullIsNull, othersDeletesAreVisible, othersInsertsAreVisible, othersUpdatesAreVisible, ownDeletesAreVisible, ownInsertsAreVisible, ownUpdatesAreVisible, storesLowerCaseIdentifiers, storesLowerCaseQuotedIdentifiers, storesMixedCaseIdentifiers, storesMixedCaseQuotedIdentifiers, storesUpperCaseIdentifiers, storesUpperCaseQuotedIdentifiers, supportsAlterTableWithAddColumn, supportsAlterTableWithDropColumn, supportsANSI92EntryLevelSQL, supportsANSI92FullSQL, supportsANSI92IntermediateSQL, supportsBatchUpdates, supportsCatalogsInDataManipulation, supportsCatalogsInIndexDefinitions, supportsCatalogsInPrivilegeDefinitions, supportsCatalogsInProcedureCalls, supportsCatalogsInTableDefinitions, supportsColumnAliasing, supportsConvert, supportsConvert, supportsCoreSQLGrammar, supportsCorrelatedSubqueries, supportsDataDefinitionAndDataManipulationTransactions, supportsDataManipulationTransactionsOnly, supportsDifferentTableCorrelationNames, supportsExpressionsInOrderBy, supportsExtendedSQLGrammar, supportsFullOuterJoins, supportsGetGeneratedKeys, supportsGroupBy, supportsGroupByBeyondSelect, supportsGroupByUnrelated, supportsIntegrityEnhancementFacility, supportsLikeEscapeClause, supportsLimitedOuterJoins, supportsMinimumSQLGrammar, supportsMixedCaseIdentifiers, supportsMixedCaseQuotedIdentifiers, supportsMultipleOpenResults, supportsMultipleResultSets, supportsMultipleTransactions, supportsNamedParameters, supportsNonNullableColumns, supportsOpenCursorsAcrossCommit, supportsOpenCursorsAcrossRollback, supportsOpenStatementsAcrossCommit, supportsOpenStatementsAcrossRollback, supportsOrderByUnrelated, supportsOuterJoins, supportsPositionedDelete, supportsPositionedUpdate, supportsRefCursors, supportsResultSetConcurrency, supportsResultSetHoldability, supportsResultSetType, supportsSavepoints, supportsSchemasInDataManipulation, supportsSchemasInIndexDefinitions, supportsSchemasInPrivilegeDefinitions, supportsSchemasInProcedureCalls, supportsSchemasInTableDefinitions, supportsSelectForUpdate, supportsStatementPooling, supportsStoredFunctionsUsingCallSyntax, supportsStoredProcedures, supportsSubqueriesInComparisons, supportsSubqueriesInExists, supportsSubqueriesInIns, supportsSubqueriesInQuantifieds, supportsTableCorrelationNames, supportsTransactionIsolationLevel, supportsTransactions, supportsUnion, supportsUnionAll, updatesAreDetected, usesLocalFilePerTable, usesLocalFiles

Methods inherited from interface java.sql.Wrapper
isWrapperFor, unwrap

- Method Detail
  - nullsAreSortedHigh
```
boolean nullsAreSortedHigh()
                    throws SQLException
```
    Drill: Reports that NULL values are sorted high.
    
    Specified by:
    
    nullsAreSortedHigh in interface DatabaseMetaData
    
    Returns:
    
    true
    
    Throws:
    
    SQLException
  - nullsAreSortedLow
```
boolean nullsAreSortedLow()
                   throws SQLException
```
    Drill: Reports that NULL values are not sorted low.
    
    Specified by:
    
    nullsAreSortedLow in interface DatabaseMetaData
    
    Returns:
    
    false
    
    Throws:
    
    SQLException
  - nullsAreSortedAtStart
```
boolean nullsAreSortedAtStart()
                       throws SQLException
```
    Drill: Reports that NULL values are not sorted first.
    
    Specified by:
    
    nullsAreSortedAtStart in interface DatabaseMetaData
    
    Returns:
    
    false
    
    Throws:
    
    SQLException
  - nullsAreSortedAtEnd
```
boolean nullsAreSortedAtEnd()
                     throws SQLException
```
    Drill: Reports that NULL values are not sorted last.
    
    Specified by:
    
    nullsAreSortedAtEnd in interface DatabaseMetaData
    
    Returns:
    
    false
    
    Throws:
    
    SQLException
  - getIdentifierQuoteString
```
String getIdentifierQuoteString()
                         throws SQLException
```
    Drill: Reports current SQL identifier quoting character.
  - Quoting#BACK_TICK - default back-quote character ("`"; Unicode U+0060; "GRAVE ACCENT")
  - Quoting#DOUBLE_QUOTE - double quote character ("""; Unicode U+0022; 'QUOTATION MARK')
  - Quoting#BRACKET - brackets characters ("["; Unicode U+005B; 'LEFT SQUARE BRACKET' and "]"; Unicode U+005D; 'RIGHT SQUARE BRACKET')

Specified by:: getIdentifierQuoteString in interface DatabaseMetaData
Returns:: current SQL identifier quoting character. Note: 'LEFT SQUARE BRACKET' is returned, when Quoting#BRACKET is set.
Throws:: SQLException