JDBC Type 2 Driver Programmer's Reference for SQL/MX Release 3.1 (H06.23+, J06.12+)

base table
A table that has physical existence: that is, a table stored in a file.
BLOB
Short for Binary Large OBject, a collection of binary data stored as a single entity in a database management
system. These entities are primarily used to hold multimedia objects such as images, videos, and sound. They
can also be used to store programs or even fragments of code. A Java Blob object (Java type, java.sql.Blob)
corresponds to the SQL BLOB data type.
branded
A Java virtual machine that Oracle has certified as conformant.
browser
A program that allows you to read hypertext. The browser gives some means of viewing the contents of nodes
and of navigating from one node to another. Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator, NCSA Mosaic, Lynx, and
W3 are examples for browsers for the WWW. They act as clients to remote servers.
bytecode
The code that javac, the Java compiler, produces. When the Java virtual machine loads this code, it either
interprets it or just-in-time compiles it into native RISC code.
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catalog
In SQL/MP and SQL/MX, a set of tables containing the descriptions of SQL objects such as tables, views,
columns, indexes, files, and partitions.
class path
The location where the Java VM and other Java programs that are located in the /usr/tandem/java/bin
directory search for class libraries (such as classes.zip). The JDBC/MX driver programs are in
/usr/tandem/jdbcMX/current/lib/jdbcMx.jar. You can set the class path explicitly or with the CLASSPATH
environment variable.
CLOB
Short for Character Large OBject, text data stored as a single entity in a database management system. A Java
Clob object (Java type, java.sql.Clob) corresponds to the SQL CLOB data type.
client
A software process, hardware device, or combination of the two that requests services from a server. Often, the
client is a process residing on a programmable workstation and is the part of a program that provides the user
interface. The workstation client might also perform other portions of the program logic. Also called a requester.
command
The operation demanded by an operator or program; a demand for action by, or information from, a subsystem.
A command is typically conveyed as an interprocess message from a program to a subsystem.
concurrency
A condition in which two or more transactions act on the same record in a database at the same time. To process
a transaction, a program must assume that its input from the database is consistent, regardless of any concurrent
changes being made to the database. TMF manages concurrent transactions through concurrency control.
concurrency control
Protection of a database record from concurrent access by more than one process. TMF imposes this control by