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ALLBASE/SQL Database Administration Guide

Appendix D  ISQL Syntax Summary 

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ISQL is the interactive interface to ALLBASE/SQL. Some, but not all,
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CHANGE 

C[HANGE] Delimiter OldString Delimiter NewString Delimiter [@]

DO 

DO [CommandNumber]
   [CommandString]

EDIT 

ED[IT]

END 

EN[D]

ERASE 

ER[ASE] FileName 

EXIT 

EX[IT]

EXTRACT 

        {MODULE [Owner.]ModuleName [,...]                }
EXTRACT {SECTION [Owner.]ModuleName(SectionNumber) [,...]}
        {ALL MODULES                                     }

[NO SETOPTINFO] INTO FileName 

HELP 

      {@           } [D[ESCRIPTION]]
HE[LP]{SQLStatement} [S[YNTAX]     ]
      {ISQLCommand } [E[AMPLE]     ]

HOLD 

HO[LD] {SQLStatement} [EscapeCharacter;{SQLStatement}] [...]
       {ISQLCommand } [                {ISQLCommand }]

INFO 

IN[FO] {[Owner.]TableName}
       {[Owner.]ViewName }

INPUT 

INP[UT] {[Owner.]TableName} (ColumnName [,ColumnName] [...] )
        {[Owner.]ViewName }

{(Value [,Value] [...] ) [ROLLBACK WORK]} [...] E[ND]
{                        [COMMIT WORK  ]}

INSTALL 

IN[STALL] FileName [DROP] [IN DBEFileSetName] [NO OPTINFO]

LIST FILE 

LI[ST]F[ILE] FileName 

LIST HISTORY 

LI[ST] H[ISTORY] {CommandNumber}
                 {@            }

LIST INSTALL 

LI[ST] I[NSTALL] FileName 

LIST SET 

LI[ST] S[ET] {Option}
             {@     }

LOAD 

LO[AD] [P[ARTIAL]] FROM {E[XTERNAL]} InputFileName [AT StartingRow]
                        {I[NTERNAL]}

[FOR NumberOfRows] TO {[Owner.]TableName} [ExternalInputSpec        ]
                      {[Owner.]ViewName } [USING DescriptionFileName]

{Y[ES] PatternLocation Pattern}
{N[O]                         }

ExternalInputSpec.   

{ColumnName StartingLocation Length [NullIndicator]}[...] E[ND]
{[FormatType]                                      }

RECALL 

         {C[URRENT]              }
REC[ALL] {F[ILE] FileName        }
         {H[ISTORY] CommandNumber}

REDO 

RED[O] [CommandNumber]
       [CommandString]

Subcommands.   

     B     Break
     D     Delete
     E     Exit
     H     Help
     I     Insert
     L     List
     R     Replace
     X     Execute
     +[n]  Forward n 
     -[n]  Backward n 
     Return Next Line

RENAME 

REN[AME] OldFileName NewFileName 

SELECTSTATEMENT 

SelectStatement;[PA[USE];] [BrowseOption;] [...] E[ND]

SET 

SE[T] Option OptionValue 

Options and Values.   

     AUTOC[OMMIT] ON | OFF
     AUTOL[OCK] ON | OFF
     AUTOS[AVE] NumberofRows 
     C[ONTINUE] ON | OFF
     CONV[ERT] ASCII | EBCDIC | OFF
     EC[HO] ON | OFF
     ECHO_[ALL] ON | OFF
     EDITOR EditorName 
     ES[CAPE] Character 
     EXIT[_ON_DBERR] ON | OFF
     EXIT_ON_DBWARN ON | OFF
     FL[AGGER] FlaggerName 
     F[RACTION] Length 
     N[ULL] [Character]
     OU[TPUT] FileName 
     OW[NER] OwnerName 
     LOAD_B[UFFER] BufferSize 
     PA[GEWIDTH] PageWidth 
     PR[OMPT] PromptString 

SQLGEN 

SQLG[EN]

SQLUTIL 

SQLU[TIL]

START 

STA[RT] [CommandFileName] [(Value [,Value] [...] )]

STORE 

STO[RE] FileName [R[EPLACE]]

SYSTEM 

{SY[STEM]} [MPE/iXCommand]
{:       }

UNLOAD 

                                              {[Owner.]TableName}
U[NLOAD] TO {E[XTERNAL]} OutputFileName  FROM {[Owner.]ViewName }
            {I[NTERNAL]}                      {"SelectCommand"  }

ExternalOutputSpec 

ExternalOutputSpec.   

DescriptionFileName {OutputLength [FractionLength]} [...]
                    {[NullIndicator]              }



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