are \r \n and \t legal in

PreparedStatement setString(i, s)

i.e.

p = connection.preparedStatement("SELECT a FROM b WHERE c = ?");
String s = "hello\t\out\r\nthere\t\t\t\r\n";
p.setString(1, s);

Just beating my head against the wall trying to sort out
what I'm doing wrong and about to hook up to MS SQL Server
via Sprinta to get this working ...

Thanks,
Heitzso