Options dialog: Adaptive Server tab

Results tab

The Results tab of the Options dialog in Interactive SQL has the following components:

Display null values as Specify how you want nulls to appear in table columns. You can use any string for this value. The default value is (NULL). If this field is blank, null values appear as an empty string.
Maximum number of rows to display Specify the maximum number of rows that appear in the Results pane. The default is 500.
Truncation length Specify the number of characters that are displayed in each column in the Results pane. If you enter a value of 0, the columns are not truncated. The default is 256.
Show multiple result sets Select this option if you want Interactive SQL to display multiple result sets in the Results pane when you execute a procedure that returns multiple select statements. Each result set appears on a separate tab in the Results pane. By default, Interactive SQL does not display multiple result sets.

If you use the jConnect driver and select the Show Multiple Result Sets option, Interactive SQL must wait until the entire result set is retrieved before any rows appear in the Results pane. This can result in slower processing of large result sets.
Show row number Select this option if you want row numbers to appear beside your results in the Results pane. This option is on by default.
Automatically refetch results Select this option if you want Interactive SQL to automatically regenerate the result set after you execute an insert, update, or delete statement. By default, Interactive SQL refetches result sets.
Results Format These options let you specify which result set(s) are printed when a .SQL file is run. They have no effect when running in windowed mode and set on a per-machine basis. These options are set only for the current Interactive SQL unless you click the Make Permanent button.
- Grids Displays the result set in a grid or a table. Useful for displaying results from select statements. You can edit this result set.
- Text Displays result set in a text box. Useful for viewing output and mixing query results and messages, such as the output of system procedures. The result set is not editable.

Font: Which font do you want to use to show table data? Select one of the following options to specify the font that is used for table data in the Interactive SQL Results pane.
- System font Select this option to use the machine's normal text font. This is the default setting.
- Editor font Select this option to use the same font as the Code Editor.
- Custom font Select this option to specify the font, font style, and point size you want to use. Click Browse to select the desired settings in the Font dialog.

Commands tab

The following options let you select when to commit changes to the database. You can also commit manually by entering an explicit commit command whenever appropriate.

- Commit after every statement Select this option to commit changes to the database after each SQL statement is executed.
- Commit on exit or disconnect Select this option to commit changes to the database when you exit your Interactive SQL session. This is the default setting.

Query Editor tab

This tab allows you to configure settings for the Query Editor.

The Query Editor tab of the Interactive SQL Options dialog has the following components:

Fully qualify table and column names Select this option if you want table and column names to be fully qualified with their owner names when constructing queries in the Query Editor.
Quote names Select this option if you want the names of identifiers to be enclosed in double quotes when constructing queries in the Query Editor.
Get list of tables on startup Select this if you want Interactive SQL to determine a list of table at startup.