Naming Conventions Previous  Top  Next Absolute Database requires to apply the following rules and naming conventions to all SQL statements. Database File Names Absolute DB supports specifying a database file name in SQL statement. The main reason for specifying a database file name in a query is a selecting table records from multiple databases by a single query. In all other cases you don't need to specify database file name within a SQL statement. The database file name must be enclosed in double quotes (""): SELECT * FROM "c:\data\parts_db.abs".parts, "c:\data\orders_db.abs".orders   Table Names Absolute DB supports not only ANSI SQL identifiers, but it is advanced to support multi-word and national table names. A reserved word could also be used as a table name. In such specific cases the table name must be enclosed in single quotes, double quotes, or square brackets. The following example illustrates using of standard identifier as a table name: SELECT * FROM Employee   The next statement shows how to use multi-word table name: SELECT * FROM "Our Employees"   Column Names Absolute DB supports not only ANSI SQL identifiers, but it is advanced to support multi-word and national column names. A reserved word could also be used as a column name. In such specific cases the column name must be enclosed in square brackets: SELECT [First Name] FROM Students   Correlation Names To simplify SQL statement table and column correlation names are often used (AS keyword is optional): SELECT E.EmpNo AS No FROM Employee E   Constants Absolute DB supports string, number, boolean, currency, date, and time constants. The string, date and time constants must be enclosed in single or double quotes. To insert a single quote into a column, use two consecutive single quotation marks. For example, to insert the characters "a'b" into col1, use: INSERT INTO Orders (col1) VALUES('a''b')   Comments Absolute Database supports single-line and multi-line comments which you can use to embed some remarks into SQL statement. Single-line comment must contain '--' characters at the beginning of the comment line: -- This query uses emp_db.abs database   SELECT * FROM Employee   Multi-line comment must be enclosed in /* and */ characters. The following example uses multi-line comment to exclude temporarily some parts of the SQL statement. SELECT * FROM Employee   /* WHERE EmpNo < 5    ORDER BY EmpNo */           © 2003 - 2024 ComponentAce  | .net zip component | barcode for .net | delphi zip component | delphi database Apr 25, 2024