<html> <head> <title>Service Driver</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../../../idl.css"> </head> <body> <div id="adc-idlref"> <a name="_top_"> </a><table class="navimain" border="0" cellpadding="3"> <tr> <td class="navimain"><a href="../module-ix.html" class="navimain">Overview</a></td> <td class="navimain"><a href="module-ix.html" class="navimain">Module</a></td> <td class="navimain"><a href="Driver-xref.html" class="navimain">Use</a></td> <td class="navimain"><a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/DevGuide/Database/Driver_Specifics#Driver_Specifics" class="navimain">Devguide</a></td> <td class="navimain"><a href="../../../../index-files/index-1.html" class="navimain">Index</a></td> </tr> </table> <table class="navisub" border="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td class="navisub"><a href="#IncludedServices" class="navisub">Included Services</a></td> <td class="navisub"><a href="#ExportedInterfaces" class="navisub">Exported Interfaces</a></td> <td class="navisub">Properties' Summary</td> <td class="navisub">Properties' Details</td> </tr> </table> <hr> <table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="3" class="title-table" style="margin-bottom:6pt;"> <tr> <td><p class="namechain"><a href="../../../../module-ix.html" class="namechain">::</a> <a href="../../../module-ix.html" class="namechain">com</a> :: <a href="../../module-ix.html" class="namechain">sun</a> :: <a href="../module-ix.html" class="namechain">star</a> :: <a href="module-ix.html" class="namechain">sdbcx</a> :: </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="title">service Driver</td> </tr> <tr> <td><dl> <dt><b>Description</b></dt> <dd>extends the service ::com::sun::star::<a href="../sdbc/module-ix.html">sdbc</a>::<a href="../sdbc/Driver.html">Driver</a> by beans for data definition. </dd> <dd><p> This service is optional for each driver. Its purpose is to define a common way for database definition, as the DDL differs between most DBMS. </p> <p> Definition and deletion of database catalogs can't be defined in a common manner for DBMS, but it should be possible to hide much of the complexity of creation and deletion of catalogs. Each driver could provide methods to cover these tasks. </p> </dd> </dl> <a name="devmanual"> </a><dl> <dt><b>Developers Guide</b></dt> <dd><a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/DevGuide/Database/Driver_Specifics#Driver_Specifics">Database - Driver Specifics - Driver Specifics</a></dd> </dl> </td> </tr> </table> <hr> <a name="IncludedServices"/><table border="1" width="100%" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="subtitle"> <tr> <td class="subtitle" colspan="2">Included Services</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="imsum_left">::com::sun::star::<a href="../sdbc/module-ix.html">sdbc</a>::<a href="../sdbc/Driver.html">Driver</a></td> <td class="imsum_right"><dl> <dt>(referenced entity's summary:)</dt> <dd>is the service that every driver class must implement. </dd> </dl> </td> </tr> </table> <a name="ExportedInterfaces"/><table border="1" width="100%" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="subtitle"> <tr> <td class="subtitle" colspan="2">Exported Interfaces</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="imsum_left"><a href="XDataDefinitionSupplier.html">XDataDefinitionSupplier</a></td> <td class="imsum_right"><dl> <dt><b>Description</b></dt> <dd>used to get access to the catalog. </dd> <dt><b/></dt> <dd/></dl> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="imsum_left"><a href="XCreateCatalog.html">XCreateCatalog</a></td> <td class="imsum_right"><dl> <dt><b>Usage Restrictions</b></dt> <dd><i>optional</i></dd> <dt><b>Description</b></dt> <dd>is optional for implementation. </dd> </dl> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="imsum_left"><a href="XDropCatalog.html">XDropCatalog</a></td> <td class="imsum_right"><dl> <dt><b>Usage Restrictions</b></dt> <dd><i>optional</i></dd> <dt><b>Description</b></dt> <dd>is optional for implementation. </dd> </dl> </td> </tr> </table> <br> <a href="#_top_">Top of Page</a><hr size="3"><p class="copyright" align="center">Copyright © 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc.</p> </div> <!-- id="adc-idlref" --> </body> </html>