Data Definition Language (DDL) Reference Manual

DDL Language Elements
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National Literals
National Literals
2-byte-character
must occupy two bytes internally. The first byte must not contain the binary
equivalent of a quotation mark (“).
The opening quotation mark (" or ‘) must immediately follow N or n, with no intervening
space or line break.
Keywords
A DDL keyword has a specific meaning when placed at a keyword position within a
statement. Keywords must be spelled exactly as this manual shows.
DDL keywords cannot be defined as constant names.
DDL keywords:
A B C D E F H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V Y Z
A
ALL
ALLOWED
ARE
AS
ASCENDING
ASSIGNED
AUDIT
AUDITCOMPRESS
B
BE
BEGIN
BINARY
BIT
BLOCK
BUFFERED
{ N }{ "2-byte-character ..." }
{ n }{ ‘2-byte-character ...’ }
Note. To distinguish keywords from variables, this manual capitalizes keywords in syntax
descriptions. When you use keywords in DDL input, however, you do not need to capitalize
them. DDL keywords are not case-sensitive.