Oracle Rdb™ SQL Reference Manual Volume 3 Release 7.2.5.2 for HP OpenVMS Industry Standard 64 for Integrity Servers and OpenVMS Alpha operating systems April 2012 ® SQL Reference Manual, Volume 3 Release 7.2.5.2 for HP OpenVMS Industry Standard 64 for Integrity Servers and OpenVMS Alpha operating systems Copyright © 1987, 2012 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved. Primary Author: Rdb Engineering and Documentation group This software and related documentation are provided under a license agreement containing restrictions on use and disclosure and are protected by intellectual property laws. Except as expressly permitted in your license agreement or allowed by law, you may not use, copy, reproduce, translate, broadcast, modify, license, transmit, distribute, exhibit, perform, publish, or display any part, in any form, or by any means. Reverse engineering, disassembly, or decompilation of this software, unless required by law for interoperability, is prohibited. 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Contents Send Us Your Comments ........................................... xi Preface ........................................................... xiii 7 SQL Statements CREATE SEQUENCE Statement .............................. 7–2 CREATE STORAGE AREA Clause ............................. 7–11 CREATE STORAGE MAP Statement . ......................... 7–25 CREATE SYNONYM Statement ............................... 7–54 CREATE TABLE Statement . ................................. 7–58 CREATE TRIGGER Statement ................................ 7–112 CREATE USER Statement . ................................. 7–133 CREATE VIEW Statement . ................................. 7–136 DECLARE ALIAS Statement . ................................. 7–147 DECLARE CURSOR Statement ................................ 7–159 DECLARE CURSOR Statement, Dynamic ........................ 7–176 DECLARE CURSOR Statement, Extended Dynamic ................ 7–182 DECLARE FUNCTION Statement ............................. 7–189 DECLARE LOCAL TEMPORARY TABLE Statement ............... 7–190 DECLARE MODULE Statement ............................... 7–200 DECLARE PROCEDURE Statement . ......................... 7–210 DECLARE Routine Statement ................................. 7–211 DECLARE STATEMENT Statement . ......................... 7–218 DECLARE TABLE Statement ................................. 7–220 DECLARE TRANSACTION Statement . ......................... 7–227 DECLARE Variable Statement ................................ 7–238 DELETE Statement ......................................... 7–241 DESCRIBE Statement ....................................... 7–247 iii DISCONNECT Statement .................................... 7–254 DROP Statements .......................................... 7–259 DROP CATALOG Statement .................................. 7–260 DROP COLLATING SEQUENCE Statement ...................... 7–263 DROP CONSTRAINT Statement . .............................. 7–266 DROP DATABASE Statement . .............................. 7–268 DROP DOMAIN Statement ................................... 7–271 DROP INDEX Statement ..................................... 7–274 DROP MODULE Statement ................................... 7–277 DROP OUTLINE Statement .................................. 7–280 DROP PATHNAME Statement . .............................. 7–282 DROP PROFILE Statement ................................... 7–283 DROP ROLE Statement ...................................... 7–286 Drop Routine Statement ..................................... 7–288 DROP SCHEMA Statement ................................... 7–292 DROP SEQUENCE Statement . .............................. 7–295 DROP STORAGE MAP Statement .............................. 7–298 DROP SYNONYM Statement . .............................. 7–300 DROP TABLE Statement ..................................... 7–302 DROP TRIGGER Statement .................................. 7–307 DROP USER Statement ...................................... 7–309 DROP VIEW Statement ...................................... 7–311 EDIT Statement ............................................ 7–314 END DECLARE Statement ................................... 7–318 Execute ( @ ) Statement ...................................... 7–321 EXECUTE Statement . ...................................... 7–324 EXECUTE IMMEDIATE Statement ............................ 7–332 EXIT Statement ............................................ 7–337 EXPORT Statement . ...................................... 7–338 FETCH Statement .......................................... 7–344 FOR Control Statement ...................................... 7–353 FOR (Counted) Control Statement .............................. 7–357 GET DIAGNOSTICS Statement . .............................. 7–364 GET ENVIRONMENT Statement .............................. 7–374 GRANT Statements . ...................................... 7–378 GRANT Statement .......................................... 7–380 GRANT Statement: ANSI/ISO-Style ............................ 7–401 iv GRANT Statement: Roles . ................................. 7–413 Index Tables 7–1 Using Temporary Tables . ................................. 7–84 7–2 Availability of Row Data for Triggered Actions . ................ 7–118 7–3 Classes, Types, and Modes of Cursors ........................ 7–161 7–4 GET ENVIRONMENT session keywords ...................... 7–375 7–5 SQL Privileges for Databases, Tables, Columns, Modules, External Routines and Sequences . ................................. 7–386 7–6 Privilege Override Capability ............................... 7–393 v Send Us Your Comments Oracle Rdb for OpenVMS Oracle SQL Reference Manual, Release 7.2.5.2 Oracle Corporation welcomes your comments and suggestions on the quality and usefulness of this publication. 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If you have problems with the software, please contact your local Oracle Support Services. xi Preface This manual describes the syntax and semantics of the statements and language elements for the SQL (structured query language) interface to the Oracle Rdb database software. Intended Audience To get the most out of this manual, you should be familiar with data processing procedures, basic database management concepts and terminology, and the OpenVMS operating system. Operating System Information You can find information about the versions of the operating system and optional software that are compatible with this