NonStop SQL/MP Reference Manual

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AS Clause
DETAIL, PAGE FOOTING, PAGE TITLE, REPORT FOOTING, and REPORT TITLE
report writer commands.
display-descriptor
specifies a format.
scale-sign-descriptor
specifies scale for a fixed point display descriptor or controls printing of a plus sign.
decoration
specifies character strings to conditionally add to a print item.
modifier
alters the effect of descriptors.
The following tables in this entry describe descriptors for character items, descriptors for
numeric items, scale-sign descriptors, decorations, and modifiers, respectively:
Display Descriptors for Character Items on page A-56
Display Descriptors for Numeric Items on page A-57
Scale-Sign Descriptors on page A-57
Modifiers on page A-58
Decorations on page A-59
See AUDIT File Attribute
on page A-68 for a description of how to format dates and
times in Julian timestamps.
{ display-descriptor }
{ }
{ "scale-sign-descriptor display-descriptor" }
{ }
{ " "[" [ decoration [, decoration ] ... ] }
AS { [ modifier [, modifier ] ... ] "]" }
{ display-descriptor" }
{ }
{ " "[" [ decoration [, decoration ] ... ] }
{ [ modifier [, modifier ] ... ] "]" }
{ ( scale-sign-descriptor }
{ display-descriptor )" }