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A
- Access Options
  - Access Options on DML Statements
  - Access Options on DDL Statements
- ADD DEFINE Command
  - Considerations—ADD DEFINE
  - Examples—ADD DEFINE
- AGGREGATE Functions
- Alias
- ALLOCATE File Attribute
  - Considerations—ALLOCATE
- ALTER CATALOG Statement
  - Considerations—ALTER CATALOG
  - Examples—ALTER CATALOG
- ALTER COLLATION Statement
  - Considerations—ALTER COLLATION
  - Examples—ALTER COLLATION
- ALTER DEFINE Command
  - Considerations—ALTER DEFINE
  - Examples—ALTER DEFINE
- ALTER INDEX Statement
  - Considerations—ALTER INDEX
  - Examples—ALTER INDEX
- ALTER PROGRAM Statement
  - Considerations—ALTER PROGRAM
  - Examples—ALTER PROGRAM
- ALTER TABLE Statement
  - Considerations—ALTER TABLE
  - Examples—ALTER TABLE
- ALTER VIEW Statement
  - Considerations—ALTER VIEW
  - Examples—ALTER VIEW
- APPEND Command
  - Considerations—APPEND
- APPENDCANCEL Command
  - Considerations—APPENDCANCEL
- APPENDRESTART Command
  - Considerations—APPENDRESTART
- AS Clause
  - Display Descriptors for Character Items
  - Display Descriptors for Numeric Items
  - Scale-Sign Descriptors
  - Modifiers
  - Decorations
  - Examples—AS
- AS DATE/TIME Clause
  - Examples—AS DATE/TIME
- ASCII Character Set
- AUDIT File Attribute
  - Considerations—AUDIT
- AUDITCOMPRESS File Attribute
  - Considerations—AUDITCOMPRESS
- Audited Tables
- AVG Function
  - Considerations—AVG
  - Examples—AVG
B
- BACKUP Utility
- BASETABS Table
- BEGIN DECLARE SECTION Directive
  - Examples—BEGIN DECLARE SECTION
- BEGIN WORK Statement
  - Examples—BEGIN WORK
- BETWEEN Predicate
  - Considerations—BETWEEN
  - Examples—BETWEEN
- BLOCKSIZE File Attribute
  - Considerations—BLOCKSIZE
- BREAK FOOTING Command
  - Considerations—BREAK FOOTING
  - Examples—BREAK FOOTING
- BREAK ON Command
  - Considerations—BREAK ON
  - Examples—BREAK ON
- BREAK TITLE Command
  - Considerations—BREAK TITLE
  - Examples—BREAK TITLE
- BUFFERED File Attribute
  - Considerations—BUFFERED
C
- CANCEL Command
  - Consideration—CANCEL
  - Examples—CANCEL
- CASE Expression
  - Considerations—CASE Expression
  - Examples—CASE Expression
- CAST Function
  - Considerations—CAST
  - Examples—CAST
- CATALOG Command
  - Considerations—CATALOG
  - Examples—CATALOG
- Catalogs
  - Operations on Catalog Tables
- CATALOGS Table
- CENTER_REPORT Option
  - Considerations—CENTER_REPORT
  - Examples—CENTER REPORT
- Character Data Types
- Character Expressions
  - Considerations—Character Expressions
  - Examples—Character Expressions
- Character Sets
  - ISO 8859 Character Sets
  - Kanji Character Set
  - KS C5601 Character Set
- CHAR_LENGTH Function
  - Considerations—CHAR_LENGTH Function
  - Examples—CHAR_LENGTH Function
- CLEANUP Command
  - Considerations—CLEANUP
  - CLEANUP Exception Cases
  - Examples—CLEANUP
- CLEARONPURGE File Attribute
  - Considerations—CLEARONPURGE
- CLOSE Statement
  - Considerations—CLOSE
  - Examples—CLOSE
- Clustering Keys
  - Examples—CLUSTERING KEYS
- COLLATE Clause
- Collation Definitions
  - Comment and Escape Characters in Collation Definitions
  - The LC_COLLATE Section of a Collation Definition
  - The LC_CTYPE Section of a Collation Definition
  - The LC_TDMCODESET Section of a Collation Definition
  - Considerations—Collation Definitions
  - Examples—Collation Definitions
- Column Identifier
  - Examples—Column Identifiers
- Columns
- COLUMNS Table
- COMMENT Statement
  - Considerations—COMMENT
  - Examples—COMMENT
- Comments
  - Examples—Comments
- COMMENTS Table
- COMMIT Option
  - Considerations—COMMIT Option
  - Examples—COMMIT Option
- COMMIT WORK Statement
  - Considerations—COMMIT WORK
  - Examples—COMMIT WORK
- Comparison Predicate
  - Considerations—Comparison Predicate
  - Examples—Comparison Predicate
- COMPUTE_TIMESTAMP Function
  - Considerations—COMPUTE_TIMESTAMP
  - Examples—COMPUTE_TIMESTAMP
- CONCAT Clause
  - Considerations—CONCAT
  - Examples—CONCAT
- Concurrency
  - Summary of Concurrent DDL and DML Operations
  - ALTER Operation Effects on Timestamps
  - Limits on Concurrent Utility and DML Operations
  - Effect of VSBB on Concurrency
- Constraints
- CONSTRNT Table
- CONTINUE Statement
  - Considerations—CONTINUE
  - Examples—CONTINUE
- CONTROL EXECUTOR Directive
  - Considerations—CONTROL EXECUTOR
  - Examples—CONTROL EXECUTOR
- CONTROL QUERY Directive
  - Considerations—CONTROL QUERY
  - Examples—CONTROL QUERY
- CONTROL TABLE Directive
  - Considerations—CONTROL TABLE
  - Examples—CONTROL TABLE
- CONVERT Command
  - CONVERT Behavior
  - Enscribe Files and DDL Record Definitions
  - DDL Primary Keys and Alternate Keys
  - DDL Clause Mapping
  - Conversion of DDL Elementary Items
  - DDL Groups
  - Physical File Attributes of Tables and Indexes
  - Partition Attributes of Tables and Indexes
  - Examples—CONVERT
- CONVERTTIMESTAMP Function
  - Examples—CONVERTTIMESTAMP
- COPY Command
  - Considerations—COPY
  - Enscribe Field Formats
  - Field Conversions
  - Examples—COPY
- Correlation Names
- COUNT Function
  - Considerations—COUNT
  - Examples—COUNT
- CPRLSRCE Table
- CPRULES Table
- CREATE CATALOG Statement
  - Considerations—CREATE CATALOG
  - Examples—CREATE CATALOG
- CREATE COLLATION Statement
  - Considerations—CREATE COLLATION
  - Examples—CREATE COLLATION
- CREATE CONSTRAINT Statement
  - Considerations—CREATE CONSTRAINT
  - Examples—CREATE CONSTRAINT
- CREATE INDEX Statement
  - Considerations—CREATE INDEX
  - Examples—CREATE INDEX
- CREATE SYSTEM CATALOG Command
  - Considerations—CREATE SYSTEM CATALOG
  - Examples—CREATE SYSTEM CATALOG
- CREATE TABLE Statement
  - Considerations—CREATE TABLE
  - Examples—CREATE TABLE
- CREATE VIEW Statement
  - Considerations—CREATE VIEW
  - Examples—CREATE VIEW
- CURRENT Function
  - Examples—CURRENT
- CURRENT_TIMESTAMP Function
  - Considerations—CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
  - Examples—CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
- Cursors
  - Cursor Position
  - Cursor Stability
- C89
D
- Data Dictionary
- Data Types
- DATE Data Type
  - Examples—DATE Data Type
- DATE_FORMAT Option
  - Examples—DATE_FORMAT
- DATE-TIME Data Types
- DATE-TIME Functions
- DATE-TIME Literals
  - Examples—Date-Time Literals
- DATEFORMAT Function
  - Examples—DATEFORMAT
- DATETIME Data Type
  - Considerations—DATETIME DATA TYPE
  - Examples—DATETIME
- DAYOFWEEK Function
  - Examples—DAYOFWEEK
- DCL (Data Control Language) Statements
- DCOMPRESS File Attribute
  - Considerations—DCOMPRESS
- DDL (Data Definition Language) Statements
  - DDL Statements
- Deadlocks
- DECIMAL_POINT Option
  - Considerations—DECIMAL_POINT
  - Examples—DECIMAL_POINT
- DECLARE CURSOR Statement
  - Considerations—DECLARE CURSOR
  - Examples—DECLARE CURSOR
- DEFAULT Clause
  - Examples—DEFAULT
- DEFINEs
  - Using DEFINEs
  - Using DEFINEs From SQLCI
  - Using DEFINEs With SQL Programs
  - DEFINE Attributes
  - DEFINEs of Class CATALOG
  - DEFINEs of Class DEFAULT
  - DEFINEs of Class MAP
  - Summary of DEFINE Attributes
  - Examples—DEFINEs Used With SQL Programs
- DELETE DEFINE Command
  - Examples—DELETE DEFINE
- DELETE Statement
  - Considerations—DELETE
  - Examples—DELETE
- DESCRIBE INPUT Statement
  - Examples—DESCRIBE INPUT
- DESCRIBE Statement
  - Examples—DESCRIBE
- Detail Alias
- DETAIL Command
  - Considerations—DETAIL
  - Examples—DETAIL
- DISPLAY STATISTICS Command
  - Considerations—DISPLAY STATISTICS
  - Examples—DISPLAY STATISTICS
- DISPLAY USE OF Command
  - Considerations—DISPLAY USE OF
  - Examples—DISPLAY USE OF
- DISTINCT Clause
- DML (Data Manipulation Language) Statements
  - Summary of DML Statements
- DOWNGRADE CATALOG Command
  - Considerations—DOWNGRADE CATALOG
  - Examples—DOWNGRADE CATALOG
- DOWNGRADE SYSTEM CATALOG Command
  - Considerations—DOWNGRADE SYSTEM CATALOG
  - Examples—DOWNGRADE SYSTEM CATALOG
- DROP Statement
  - Considerations—DROP
  - Examples—DROP
- DROP SYSTEM CATALOG Command
  - Considerations—DROP SYSTEM CATALOG
  - Examples—DROP SYSTEM CATALOG
- DSL (Data Status Language) Statements
  - Summary of DSL Statements
- DSLACK File Attribute
  - Considerations—DSLACK
- DUP Command
  - Considerations—DUP
  - Examples—DUP
- Dynamic SQL
  - Summary of Dynamic SQL Statements
  - Determining When to Use Dynamic SQL
  - Features of Dynamic SQL
E
- EDIT Command
  - Examples—EDIT
- Embedded SQL
- END DECLARE SECTION Directive
  - Examples—END DECLARE SECTION
- ENV Command
  - Considerations—ENV
  - Examples—ENV
- ERROR Command
  - Examples—ERROR
- Error Messages
- EXECUTE Statement
  - Considerations—EXECUTE
  - Examples—EXECUTE
- EXECUTE IMMEDIATE Statement
  - Considerations—EXECUTE IMMEDIATE
  - Examples—EXECUTE IMMEDIATE
- EXISTS Predicate
  - Examples—EXISTS
- EXIT Command
  - Examples—EXIT
- EXPLAIN Directive
  - Considerations—EXPLAIN
  - Examples—EXPLAIN
- Expressions
- EXTEND Function
  - Considerations—EXTEND
  - Examples—EXTEND
- EXTENT File Attribute
  - Considerations—EXTENT
F
- FC Command
  - Considerations—FC
  - Examples—FC
- FETCH Statement
  - Considerations—FETCH
  - Examples—FETCH
- File Attributes
  - File Attributes of SQL Objects
- File Organizations
- FILEINFO Command
- FILENAMES Command
  - Examples—FILENAMES
- FILES Command
  - Examples—FILES
- FILES Table
- Filesets
  - Examples—Filesets
- FREE RESOURCES Statement
  - Considerations—FREE RESOURCES
  - Examples—FREE RESOURCES
- Functions
- FUP Command
G
- Generalized Owner
- GET CATALOG OF SYSTEM Statement
  - Considerations—GET CATALOG OF SYSTEM
  - Examples—GET CATALOG OF SYSTEM
- GET VERSION Statement
  - Considerations—GET VERSION
  - Examples—GET VERSION
- GET VERSION OF PROGRAM Statement
  - Considerations—GET VERSION OF PROGRAM
  - Examples—GET VERSION OF PROGRAM
- GOAWAY Command
  - Considerations—GOAWAY
  - Examples—GOAWAY
- Group Manager
- Guardian Names
  - Considerations—Guardian Names
  - Examples—Guardian Names
H
- HEADING Clause
  - Considerations—HEADING
  - Examples—HEADING
- HEADINGS Option
  - Examples—HEADINGS
- HELP Command
  - Considerations—HELP
  - Examples—HELP
- HELP TEXT Statement
  - Considerations—HELP TEXT
  - Examples—HELP TEXT
- HISTORY Command
  - Examples—HISTORY
- Host Identifiers
- Host Programs
- Host Variables
I
- ICOMPRESS File Attribute
  - Considerations—ICOMPRESS
- IF/THEN/ELSE Clause
  - Considerations—IF/THEN/ELSE
  - Examples—IF/THEN/ELSE
- IN Predicate
  - Considerations—IN
  - Examples—IN
- INCLUDE SQLCA Directive
  - Considerations—INCLUDE SQLCA
  - Examples—INCLUDE SQLCA
- INCLUDE SQLDA Directive
  - Considerations—INCLUDE SQLDA
  - Examples—INCLUDE SQLDA
- INCLUDE SQLSA Directive
  - Considerations—INCLUDE SQLSA
  - Examples—INCLUDE SQLSA
- INCLUDE STRUCTURES Directive
  - Considerations—INCLUDE STRUCTURES
  - Examples—INCLUDE STRUCTURES
- Index Keys
- INDEXES Table
- Indicator Variables and Indicator Parameters
- INFO DEFINE Command
  - Considerations—INFO DEFINE
  - Examples—INFO DEFINE
- INITIALIZE SQL Command
  - Considerations—INITIALIZE SQL
  - Examples—INITIALIZE SQL
- INSERT Statement
  - Considerations—INSERT
  - Examples—INSERT
- INTERVAL Data Type
  - Considerations—INTERVAL Data Type
  - Examples—INTERVAL Data Type
- INTERVAL Literals
  - Examples—Interval Literals
- INVOKE Directive and Command
  - Considerations—INVOKE
  - Examples—INVOKE
- ISLACK File Attribute
  - Considerations—ISLACK
J
- Joins
  - Examples - Joins
- JULIANTIMESTAMP Function
  - Examples—JULIANTIMESTAMP
K
- Keys
- KEYS Table
L
- LEFT_MARGIN Option
  - Examples—LEFT_MARGIN
- LIKE Predicate
  - Considerations—LIKE
  - Examples—LIKE
- Limits
- LINE_NUMBER Function
  - Considerations—LINE_NUMBER
  - Examples—LINE_NUMBER
- LINE_SPACING Option
  - Examples—LINE_SPACING
- LIST Command
  - Considerations—LIST
  - Examples—LIST
- Literals
- LOAD Command
  - Considerations—LOAD
  - Examples—LOAD
- LOCK TABLE Statement
  - Considerations—LOCK TABLE
  - Examples—LOCK TABLE
- Locking
- LOCKLENGTH File Attribute
  - Considerations—LOCKLENGTH
  - Examples—LOCKLENGTH
- LOG Command
  - Examples—LOG
- LOGICAL_FOLDING Option
  - Considerations—LOGICAL_FOLDING
  - Examples—LOGICAL_FOLDING
M
- MAX Function
  - Considerations—MAX
  - Examples—MAX
- MAXEXTENTS File Attribute
  - Considerations—MAXEXTENTS
- Message File
- MIN Function
  - Considerations—MIN
  - Examples—MIN
- MODIFY CATALOG Command
  - Considerations—MODIFY CATALOG
  - Examples—MODIFY CATALOG
- MODIFY LABEL Command
  - Considerations—MODIFY LABEL
  - Examples—MODIFY LABEL
- MODIFY REGISTER Command
  - Considerations—MODIFY REGISTER
  - Examples—MODIFY REGISTER
- Multibyte Character Sets
  - System Default National Character Set
N
- NAME Command
  - Considerations—NAME Command
  - Examples—NAME Command
- NAME Option
  - Considerations—NAME Option
  - Examples—NAME Option
- Name Resolution
- Names
- NEWLINE_CHAR Option
  - Considerations—NEWLINE_CHAR
  - Examples—NEWLINE_CHAR
- Nonaudited Tables
- NOPURGEUNTIL File Attribute
  - Defaults
  - Examples—NOPURGEUNTIL
- NULL Predicate
  - Considerations—NULL
  - Examples—NULL
- Null Values
- NULL_DISPLAY Option
  - Examples—NULL_DISPLAY
- Numeric Data Types
- Numeric Literals
  - Examples—Numeric Literals
O
- OBEY COMMAND
  - Considerations—OBEY
  - Examples—OBEY
- OCTET_LENGTH Function
  - Considerations—OCTET LENGTH Function
  - Examples—OCTET LENGTH Function
- OPEN Statement
  - Considerations—OPEN
  - Examples—OPEN
- OSS NAMES
- OUT COMMAND
  - Considerations—OUT
  - Examples—OUT
- OUT_REPORT COMMAND
  - Considerations—OUT_REPORT
  - Examples—OUT_REPORT
- OVERFLOW_ CHAR OPTION
  - Considerations—OVERFLOW_CHAR
  - Examples—OVERFLOW_CHAR
- OWNER FILE ATTRIBUTE
P
- PAGE_COUNT Option
  - Considerations—PAGE_COUNT
  - Examples—PAGE_COUNT
- PAGE FOOTING Command
  - Considerations—PAGE FOOTING
  - Examples—PAGE FOOTING
- PAGE_LENGTH Option
  - Considerations—PAGE_LENGTH
  - Examples—PAGE_LENGTH
- PAGE_NUMBER Function
  - Considerations—PAGE_NUMBER
  - Examples—PAGE_NUMBER
- PAGE TITLE Command
  - Considerations—PAGE TITLE
  - Examples—PAGE TITLE
- Parallel Index Loading
  - Default Configuration for Parallel Index Loading
  - Specifying Configuration for Parallel Index Loading
  - Considerations—Parallel Index Loading
  - Sample Configuration File
- Parameters
  - Considerations—Parameters
  - Examples—Parameters
- PARTITION Clause
  - Considerations—PARTITION
  - Examples—PARTITION
- Partitions
- PARTNS Table
- PERUSE Command
  - Examples—PERUSE
- Plans
- POSITION Function
  - Considerations—POSITION Function
  - Examples—POSITION Function
- Predicates
- PREPARE Statement
  - Considerations—PREPARE
  - Examples—PREPARE
- Primary Keys
- Print Item
- PROGID File Attribute
- Program Invalidation
- PROGRAMS Table
- Protection View
- PURGE Command
  - Considerations—PURGE
  - Examples—PURGE
- PURGEDATA Command
  - Considerations—PURGEDATA
  - Examples—PURGEDATA
Q
- Qualified Fileset List
  - Examples—Qualified Fileset List
- Quantified Predicate
  - Considerations—Quantified Predicate
  - Examples—Quantified Predicate
R
- RECLENGTH File Attribute
  - Considerations—RECLENGTH
- RELEASE Statement
- REPORT FOOTING Command
  - Considerations—REPORT FOOTING
  - Examples—REPORT FOOTING
- REPORT Option
  - Considerations—REPORT Option
  - Examples—REPORT Option
- REPORT TITLE Command
  - Considerations—REPORT TITLE
  - Examples—REPORT TITLE
- Report Writer
- Reserved Words
- RESET DEFINE Command
  - Considerations—RESET DEFINE
  - Examples—RESET DEFINE
- RESET LAYOUT Command
  - Examples—RESET LAYOUT
- RESET PARAM Command
  - Considerations—RESET PARAM
  - Examples—RESET PARAM
- RESET PREPARED Command
  - Examples—RESET PREPARED
- RESET REPORT Command
  - Considerations—RESET REPORT
  - Examples—RESET REPORT
- RESET SESSION Command
  - Examples—RESET SESSION
- RESET STYLE Command
  - Examples—RESET STYLE
- RESETBROKEN File Attribute
- RIGHT_MARGIN Option
  - Considerations—RIGHT_MARGIN
  - Examples—RIGHT_MARGIN
- ROLLBACK WORK Statement
  - Considerations—ROLLBACK WORK
  - Examples—ROLLBACK WORK
- ROWCOUNT Option
  - Examples—ROWCOUNT
S
- Sample Database
- SAVE Command
  - Examples—SAVE
- Search Conditions
  - Considerations—Search Conditions
  - Examples—Search Conditions
- SECURE Command
  - Considerations—SECURE Command
  - Examples—SECURE Command
- SECURE File Attribute
  - Considerations—SECURE File Attribute
  - Examples—SECURE File Attribute
- Security
  - User IDs
  - Group Manager and Super ID
  - Process Access IDs
  - File Ownership
  - Security Strings
  - Authorization Requirements for SQL Statements
  - Authorization Requirements for SQL Statements
- SELECT Statement
  - Considerations—SELECT
  - Considerations for UNION
  - Characteristics of UNION Columns
  - ORDER BY clause and UNION operator
  - GROUP BY Clause, HAVING Clause, and the UNION Operator
  - UNION ALL and Associativity
  - Examples—SELECT
- SERIALWRITES File Attribute
  - Considerations—SERIALWRITES
- SET DEFINE Command
  - Considerations—SET DEFINE
  - Examples—SET DEFINE
- SET DEFMODE Command
  - Examples—SET DEFMODE
- SET LAYOUT Command
  - Examples—SET LAYOUT
- SET PARAM Command
  - Considerations—SET PARAM
  - Examples—SET PARAM
- SET SESSION Command
  - Considerations—SET SESSION
  - Examples—SET SESSION
- SET STYLE Command
  - Considerations—SET STYLE
  - Examples—SET STYLE
- SETSCALE Function
  - Considerations—SETSCALE
  - Examples—SETSCALE
- Shorthand View
- SHOW CONTROL Command
  - Examples—SHOW CONTROL
- SHOW DEFINE Command
  - Considerations—SHOW DEFINE
  - Examples—SHOW DEFINE
- SHOW DEFMODE Command
  - Examples—SHOW DEFMODE
- SHOW LAYOUT Command
  - Examples—SHOW LAYOUT
- SHOW PARAM Command
  - Examples—SHOW PARAM
- SHOW PREPARED Command
  - Examples—SHOW PREPARED
- SHOW REPORT Command
  - Examples—SHOW REPORT
- SHOW SESSION Command
  - Examples—SHOW SESSION
- SHOW STYLE Command
  - Examples—SHOW STYLE
- Similarity Checks
  - General Rules for Similarity
  - Similarity Between Protection Views
  - Similarity Between Tables
  - Similarity Between Collations
- SLACK File Attribute
  - Purpose of SLACK
- SPACE Option
  - Considerations—SPACE
  - Examples—SPACE
- SQL Directive
- SQL Identifiers
- SQLCI
  - An SQLCI Session
  - The SQLCI Command
  - Considerations—SQLCI
  - Examples—SQLCI
- SQLCI Commands
  - Summary of SQLCI Commands
- SQLCODE
- SQLCOMP Command
- Standards Conformance
  - Exceptions to Conformance With Entry Level SQL 1992
  - NonStop SQL/MP Features From Intermediate Level SQL 1992
  - NonStop SQL/MP Features From Full Level SQL 1992
  - NonStop SQL/MP Extensions to SQL 1992
- Statements
  - Summary of SQL Statements
- Static SQL
- Statistics
- Storage Management Foundation (SMF)
  - Considerations—ServerWare SMF
- String Functions
- String Literals
  - Considerations—String Literals
  - Examples—String Literals
- Subqueries
  - Considerations—Subqueries
- SUBSTRING Function
  - Considerations—SUBSTRING Function
  - Examples—SUBSTRING Function
- SUBTOTAL Command
  - Considerations—SUBTOTAL
  - Examples—SUBTOTAL
- SUBTOTAL_LABEL Option
  - Considerations—SUBTOTAL_LABEL
  - Examples—SUBTOTAL_LABEL
- SUM Function
  - Considerations—SUM
  - Examples—SUM
- Super ID
- Syskeys
- System Catalog
- SYSTEM Command
  - Considerations—SYSTEM
  - Examples—SYSTEM
- System DEFINEs
T
- TABLECODE File Attribute
- Tables
- TABLES Table
- TEDIT Command
  - Examples—TEDIT
- Temporary Tables
- TIME_FORMAT Option
  - Examples—TIME_FORMAT
- TIME Data Type
  - Examples—TIME Data Type
- TIMESTAMP Data Type
  - Examples—TIMESTAMP Data Type
- TMF Transactions
- TOTAL Command
  - Considerations—TOTAL
  - Examples—TOTAL
- TRANSIDS Table
- TRIM Function
  - Considerations—TRIM Function
  - Examples—TRIM Function
U
- UNDERLINE_CHAR Option
  - Examples—UNDERLINE_CHAR
- UNLOCK TABLE Statement
  - Considerations—UNLOCK TABLE
  - Examples—UNLOCK TABLE
- UPDATE Statement
  - Considerations—UPDATE
  - Examples—UPDATE
- UPDATE STATISTICS Statement
  - Considerations—UPDATE STATISTICS
  - Examples—UPDATE STATISTICS
- UPGRADE CATALOG Command
  - Considerations—UPGRADE CATALOG
  - Examples—UPGRADE CATALOG
- UPGRADE SYSTEM CATALOG Command
  - Considerations—UPGRADE SYSTEM CATALOG
  - Examples—UPGRADE SYSTEM CATALOG
- UPSHIFT Function
  - Considerations—UPSHIFT
  - Examples—UPSHIFT
- USAGES Table
- User-Defined Keys
- Utilities
V
- VARCHAR_WIDTH Option
  - Considerations—VARCHAR_WIDTH
  - Examples—VARCHAR_WIDTH
- VERIFIEDWRITES File Attribute
  - Considerations—VERIFIEDWRITES
- VERIFY Command
  - Considerations—VERIFY
  - Examples—VERIFY
- Versions
- VERSIONS Table
- Views
- VIEWS Table
- VOLUME Command
  - Considerations—VOLUME
  - Examples—VOLUME
W
- WHENEVER DIRECTIVE
  - Considerations—WHENEVER Directive
- WHERE CLAUSE
- WINDOW OPTION
  - Considerations—WINDOW
  - Examples—WINDOW
- WITH SHARED ACCESS OPTION
  - Considerations—WITH SHARED ACCESS
  - Examples—WITH SHARED ACCESS
Z
- ! COMMAND
  - Examples—!
- =_AUDSERV_XSWAP_node DEFINE
  - Considerations—=_AUDSERV_XSWAP_node
  - Examples—=_AUDSERV_XSWAP_node
- =_DEFAULTS DEFINE
  - Considerations—=_DEFAULTS
  - Examples—=_DEFAULTS
- =_SORT_DEFAULTS DEFINE
  - Considerations—=_SORT_DEFAULTS
  - Examples—=_SORT_DEFAULTS
- =_SQL_CAT_HEAP_LIMIT DEFINE
- =_SQL_CMP_DOUBLE_SBB_OFF DEFINE
  - Considerations—=_SQL_CMP_DOUBLE_SBB_OFF
- =_SQL_CMP_DOUBLE_SBB_ON DEFINE
  - Considerations—=_SQL_CMP_DOUBLE_SBB_ON
- =_SQL_CMP_EQ_LIMIT DEFINE
  - Considerations—=_SQL_CMP_EQ_LIMIT
  - Examples—=_SQL_CMP_EQ_LIMIT
- =_SQL_CMP_EVENT DEFINE
- =_SQL_CMP_EVENT_NO0 DEFINE
- =_SQL_CMP_NO_KS_MJOIN DEFINE
  - Examples—=_SQL_CMP_NO_KS_MJOIN
- =_SQL_cmp_node DEFINE
  - Considerations—=_SQL_cmp_node
  - Examples—=_SQL_cmp_node
- =_SQL_EXE_DOUBLE_SHUTOFF DEFINE
  - Considerations—=_SQL_EXE_DOUBLE_SHUTOFF
- =_SQL_EXE_ESPS_CK_CMON DEFINE
  - Considerations—=_SQL_EXE_ESPS_CK_CMON
  - Examples—=_SQL_EXE_ESPS_CK_CMON
- =_SQL_EXE_USE_SWAPVOL DEFINE
  - Considerations—=_SQL_EXE_USE_SWAPVOL
  - Examples—=_SQL_EXE_USE_SWAPVOL
- =_SQL_MSG_node DEFINE
  - Considerations—=_SQL_MSG_node
  - Examples—=_SQL_MSG_node
- =_SQL_RECGEN_node DEFINE
  - Examples—=_SQL_RECGEN_node
- =_SQL_TM_node_vol DEFINE
  - Considerations—=_SQL_TM_node_vol
  - Examples—=_SQL_TM_node_vol
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What’s New in This Manual

Manual Information

NonStop SQL/MP Reference Manual

Abstract

This manual describes NonStop SQL/MP, the Tandem relational database management

system that uses SQL to describe and manipulate data in a NonStop SQL/MP database.

The manual includes information about SQLCI, the conversational interface to NonStop

SQL/MP.

Product Version

NonStop SQL/MP D47

Supported Releases

This manual supports D47.00 and all subsequent releases until otherwise indicated in a

new edition.

Document History

New and Changed Information

•

Section “A”: Added REUSE PARTITON option to ALTER TABLE command.

•

Section “Q”: Added FORMAT file attribute keyword to WHERE clause.

Part Number Published

142115 June 1998

Part Number Product Version Published

100149 NonStop SQL/MP D30 December 1994

122053 NonStop SQL/MP D31 February 1996

131926 NonStop SQL/MP D44 June 1997

136367 NonStop SQL/MP D45 April 1998

142115 NonStop SQL/MP D47 June 1998