*/
  void setNullable(int columnIndex, int property) throws SQLException;

  /**
   * Sets whether the designated column is a signed number.
   * The default is <code>false</code>.
   *
   * @param columnIndex the first column is 1, the second is 2, ...
   * @param property <code>true</code> if the column is a signed number;
   *                 <code>false</code> if it is not
   *
   * @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs
   */
  void setSigned(int columnIndex, boolean property) throws SQLException;
  
  /**
   * Sets the designated column's normal maximum width in chars to the
   * given <code>int</code>.
   *
   * @param columnIndex the first column is 1, the second is 2, ...
   * @param size the normal maximum number of characters for 
   *           the designated column
   *
   * @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs
   */
  void setColumnDisplaySize(int columnIndex, int size) throws SQLException;
  
  /**
   * Sets the suggested column title for use in printouts and
   * displays, if any, to the given <code>String</code>.
   *
   * @param columnIndex the first column is 1, the second is 2, ...
   * @param label the column title
   * @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs
   */
  void setColumnLabel(int columnIndex, String label) throws SQLException;	
  
  /**
   * Sets the name of the designated column to the given <code>String</code>.
   *
   * @param columnIndex the first column is 1, the second is 2, ...
   * @param columnName the designated column's name
   * @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs
   */
  void setColumnName(int columnIndex, String columnName) throws SQLException;
  
  /**
   * Sets the name of the designated column's table's schema, if any, to
   * the given <code>String</code>.
   *
   * @param columnIndex the first column is 1, the second is 2, ...
   * @param schemaName the schema name
   * @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs
   */
  void setSchemaName(int columnIndex, String schemaName) throws SQLException;
  
  /**
   * Sets the designated column's number of decimal digits to the
   * given <code>int</code>.
   *
   * @param columnIndex the first column is 1, the second is 2, ...
   * @param precision the total number of decimal digits
   * @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs
   */
  void setPrecision(int columnIndex, int precision) throws SQLException;
  
  /**
   * Sets the designated column's number of digits to the
   * right of the decimal point to the given <code>int</code>.
   *
   * @param columnIndex the first column is 1, the second is 2, ...
   * @param scale the number of digits to right of decimal point
   * @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs
   */
  void setScale(int columnIndex, int scale) throws SQLException;	
  
  /**
   * Sets the designated column's table name, if any, to the given
   * <code>String</code>.
   *
   * @param columnIndex the first column is 1, the second is 2, ...
   * @param tableName the column's table name
   * @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs
   */
  void setTableName(int columnIndex, String tableName) throws SQLException;
  
  /**
   * Sets the designated column's table's catalog name, if any, to the given
   * <code>String</code>.
   *
   * @param columnIndex the first column is 1, the second is 2, ...
   * @param catalogName the column's catalog name
   * @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs
   */
  void setCatalogName(int columnIndex, String catalogName) throws SQLException;
  
  /**
   * Sets the designated column's SQL type to the one given.
   *
   * @param columnIndex the first column is 1, the second is 2, ...