Enform Plus Reference Manual

Glossary
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qualified field name.
qualified field name. A name that uniquely identifies a field as a component of a record
description.
query. A complete Enform Plus LIST or FIND statement specifying which fields and records
to retrieve.
query processor (QP). The Enform Plus process that opens the files and retrieves the records
from a relational database for a report or a new file.
record. A related set of field values.
record description. The dictionary description of a record, including the record name, record
type, field names and data types, and key definitions.
record name. Name given a record description in a DDL RECORD statement.
record type. A record's structure, including field names and data types.
relational database. A database in which records are related through fields with common
formats and comparable values.
report. The printed output of an Enform Plus query using an Enform Plus LIST statement.
request-qualification. The condition or conditions that a database element must satisfy to
contribute to the target-record; begins with a WHERE clause followed by a logical
expression.
reserved words. Keywords with specific meaning and reserved by Enform Plus.
server query processor. Specific query processor specified by an ?ATTACH command,
initiated separately from the compiler.
session. Period of interaction with Enform Plus.
source code. The Enform Plus statements, clauses, and commands that make up the query
specifications.
source file. The Edit-format file that contains the source code. See also source code.
statement. The main instruction of an Enform Plus program.
string literal. One or more alphanumeric characters enclosed in quotation marks (").
subscript. A value used to select a particular element.
system variable. An Enform Plus supplied variable that returns the current time, date, line
number, or page number.
target aggregate. An aggregate that appears as a part of the target-record.