MXCS Commands and Objects
SQL/MX Connectivity Service Administrative Command Reference—526350-005
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Fields or Tokens in Commands
Fields or Tokens in Commands
All fields or tokens in a command belong to one of these types:
Generally, only these SQL types can be enclosed in quotes or split across multiple
lines. Splitting requires quotes and the CONCAT operator.
Keyword Single word without quotation marks, uppercase or lowercase
(not case-sensitive), alphanumeric characters (A through Z or a
through z, plus 0 through 9). Called key value when used as a
value of an attribute.
Number Single word, numeric characters (0 through 9) with sign (+ or -);
no spaces and no commas.
System name Single word beginning with a backslash (\), uppercase or
lowercase (not case-sensitive), alphanumeric characters (A
through Z or a through z, plus 0 through 9).
Process name Single word beginning with dollar sign ($), uppercase or
lowercase, alphanumeric characters (A through Z or a through
z, plus 0 through 9).
SQL identifier Single word, uppercase or lowercase, unless within optional
double quotes (“), and used for object types DS and EVAR
components. With double quotes, the character set expands to
include spaces, tabs, punctuation, and lowercase alphabetic
letters. See the Identifiers topic in the SQL/MX Reference
Manual for an explanation of SQL identifiers.
Unlike with a true SQL identifier, MXCS administrative
commands accept regular identifiers containing special
characters in unquoted strings, except token separators. Errors
for leading or trailing space characters in a name are reported.
SQL string literal Requires single quotes (‘), is single or multiword, is case-
sensitive unless noted otherwise in the specific command,
permits all printable characters, and is used only for attribute
values. See the Literals topic in the SQL/MX Reference Manual
for an explanation of SQL string literals.
Unlike a true SQL string literal, MXCS administrative
commands do not accept the optional leading character set
identifier and the empty string literal. But these fields accept
leading and trailing space in the string.
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