SQL/MX Comparison Guide for SQL/MP Users
Quick Reference to Differences
HP NonStop SQL/MX Comparison Guide for SQL/MP Users—523735-003
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Concurrency Yes See SQL/MX Reference Manual
Constraints Yes In CREATE TABLE and ALTER 
TABLE statements. See SQL/MX 
Reference Manual
CONSTRNT table Changed Metadata tables are implemented 
differently. See SQL/MX Reference 
Manual
CONTINUE statement No
CONTROL EXECUTOR 
directive
Changed Parallelism enabled through 
SYSTEM_DEFAULTS table. See 
Section 5, Optimizer and Executor
CONTROL QUERY directive Changed Implemented as CONTROL QUERY 
DEFAULT. See Section 3, DML 
Features and SQL/MX Reference 
Manual
CONTROL TABLE directive Changed See Section 3, DML Features and 
SQL/MX Reference Manual
CONVERT command No See SQL/MP Reference Manual
CONVERTTIMESTAMP 
function
Yes See SQL/MX Reference Manual
COPY command No See SQL/MP Reference Manual
Correlation names Yes See SQL/MX Reference Manual
COUNT function Yes See SQL/MX Reference Manual
CPRLSRCE table Changed Metadata tables are implemented 
differently. See SQL/MX Reference 
Manual
CPRULES table Changed Metadata tables are implemented 
differently. See SQL/MX Reference 
Manual
CREATE CATALOG 
statement
Changed No security capabilities. See 
SQL/MX Reference Manual
CREATE COLLATION 
statement
No See SQL/MP Reference Manual
Table 2-1. NonStop SQL/MP Contents Compared to NonStop 
SQL/MX (page 4 of 18)
NonStop SQL/MP Item
Implemented 
in NonStop 
SQL/MX? Comments










