Dropping Tables with Raw SQL (DatabaseLink Tutorial)

The raw SQL command DROP TABLE drops tables from a database. An alternative is to use the Mathematica command SQLDropTable, described in "Dropping Tables". If you find that ...

Using the Example Databases (DatabaseLink Tutorial)

DatabaseLink contains a number of example databases (many use HSQLDB). These allow you to try examples in the documentation and learn the details of working with databases in ...

Calling Mathematica from Java (JLink Guide)

KernelLink -- communicate with a Mathematica kernel, MathLink -- low-level methods for communicating with any MathLink program, MathLinkFactory -- create links, ...

Web Services User Guide (WebServices Overview)

Introduction Getting Started Basic Examples

Options for Expression Input and Output (Mathematica Tutorial)

Options associated with the interactive entering of expressions. The option SingleLetterItalics is typically set whenever a cell uses TraditionalForm. Here is an expression ...

Sparse Arrays: Linear Algebra (Mathematica Tutorial)

Many large-scale applications of linear algebra involve matrices that have many elements, but comparatively few that are nonzero. You can represent such sparse matrices ...

Approximate Functions and Interpolation (Mathematica Tutorial)

In many kinds of numerical computations, it is convenient to introduce approximate functions. Approximate functions can be thought of as generalizations of ordinary ...

Output Formats for Numbers (Mathematica Tutorial)

Output formats for numbers. These numbers are given in the default output format. Large numbers are given in scientific notation. This gives all numbers in scientific ...

The Structure of Graphics (Mathematica Tutorial)

"Graphics and Sound" discusses how to use functions like Plot and ListPlot to plot graphs of functions and data. This tutorial discusses how Mathematica represents such ...

Three-Dimensional Surface Plots (Mathematica Tutorial)

Basic 3D plotting function. This makes a three-dimensional plot of the function sin(xy). Three-dimensional graphics can be rotated in place by dragging the mouse inside of ...