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Chapter 5:  Database Options [Table of Contents] Chapter 7:  SQL Data Types

ASA Reference Manual

[-] Chapter 6: SQL Language Elements

Chapter 6

SQL Language Elements

About this chapter

This chapter presents detailed descriptions of the language elements and conventions of SQL.

[-] Keywords
Reserved words
Identifiers
Strings
[-] Expressions
Constants in expressions
Column names in expressions
Subqueries in expressions
[+] SQL Operators
IF expressions
CASE expressions
Java expressions
[+] Compatibility of expressions
[-] Search conditions
Comparison conditions
Subqueries in search conditions
ALL or ANY conditions
BETWEEN conditions
LIKE conditions
IN conditions
EXISTS conditions
IS NULL conditions
Conditions with logical operators
NOT conditions
Truth value conditions
Three-valued logic
User-supplied estimates
[-] Special values
CURRENT DATE special value
CURRENT TIME special value
CURRENT TIMESTAMP special value
SQLCODE special value
SQLSTATE special value
CURRENT USER special value
CURRENT PUBLISHER special value
LAST USER special value
[-] Variables
Local variables
Connection-level variables
Global variables
Comments
NULL value


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