Typographical conventions This documentation uses some typographical conventions to highlight elements of the SQL language, operating system commands, and the Java programming language.

The following table lists the typographical conventions used in the documentation.

<ph conref="../conrefs.dita#prod/productshortname"></ph> typographical conventionsThis table lists the usages and typefaces for all typographical conventions used in the documentation and provides examples of each. Usage Typeface Examples New terms Italic defined by keys File and directory names Italic C:\ Dictionary objects Italic The Employees table In syntax, items that you do not type exactly as they appear, but replace with the appropriate name Italic CREATE TABLE tableName SQL examples Bold and/or fixed-width SELECT city_name FROM Cities Java application examples Bold and/or fixed-width Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection ("jdbc:derby:Sample") Things you type in a command prompt Bold and/or fixed-width java org.apache.derby.tools.ij Comments within examples Bold and/or fixed-width --This line ignored SQL keywords (commands) All caps You can use a CREATE TABLE statement