SQL/MX 2.x Reference Manual (H06.04+)

Embedded-Only SQL/MX Statements

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DECLARE CATALOG Declaration

The DECLARE CATALOG declaration is a compiler directive that sets the default

catalog for unqualified schema names in static SQL statements that follow the

declaration within a compilation unit. The DECLARE SCHEMA declaration sets the

default schema name. See DECLARE SCHEMA Declaration on page 3-32.

DECLARE CATALOG is an SQL/MX extension that you use only in embedded SQL

programs.

default-catalog

is a character string literal that specifies a catalog name. A string literal is enclosed

in single quotation marks. 'mycatalog' is the form, where mycatalog is the

name you choose.

Considerations for DECLARE CATALOG

Scope of DECLARE CATALOG

You can specify more than one DECLARE CATALOG directive in an embedded SQL

program. Each directive replaces the preceding directive and stays in effect until it is

replaced by another directive or until the end of the program’s compilation unit is

reached.

If no DECLARE CATALOG directive is in effect when the SQL/MX compiler encounters

an unqualified schema name, the compiler uses the catalog as determined by

NonStop SQL/MX. For more information, see Object Naming on page 10-48 and the

SQL/MX Programming Manual for C and COBOL.

C Examples of DECLARE CATALOG

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Set the default catalog:

EXEC SQL DECLARE CATALOG 'SAMDBCAT';

COBOL Examples of DECLARE CATALOG

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Set the default catalog:

EXEC SQL DECLARE CATALOG 'SAMDBCAT' END-EXEC.

DECLARE CATALOG default-catalog