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6.3.1 Catalog


   A Catalog is the unit of logon and identification. It also identifies the scope of SQL statements: the tables contained in a catalog can be used in a single SQL statement.

   Superclasses

    Package

   Contained Elements

   Schema

   Attributes

   defaultCharacterSetName

The name of the default character set used for the values in the column. This field applies only to columns whose datatype is a character string.

type:

multiplicity:

String
exactly one

   defaultCollationName

The name of the default collation sequence used to sort the data values in the column. This applies only to columns whose datatype is a form of character string.

type:

multiplicity:

String
exactly one