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SQL programming
You can use the
HCL Informix®
implementation of the SQL language to develop applications for
Informix®
database servers.
Guide to SQL: Syntax
Overview of SQL syntax
These topics provide an overview about how to use the
SQL
statements,
SPL
statements, and syntax segments.
Categories of SQL Statements
Client/Server Connection Statements
SQL programming
You can use the
HCL Informix®
implementation of the SQL language to develop applications for
Informix®
database servers.
Guide to SQL: Syntax
Overview of SQL syntax
These topics provide an overview about how to use the
SQL
statements,
SPL
statements, and syntax segments.
How to Enter SQL Statements
How to Enter SQL Comments
Categories of SQL Statements
Data Definition Language Statements
The data definition language (DDL) statements of SQL create, modify, rename, or destroy database objects, and make corresponding changes to rows in the system catalog tables of the database.
Data Manipulation Language Statements
Data Integrity Statements
Cursor Manipulation Statements
Dynamic Management Statements
Data Access Statements
Optimization Statements
Routine Definition Statements
Auxiliary Statements
Client/Server Connection Statements
ANSI/ISO Compliance and Extensions
SQL Statements
SPL statements
These topics describe Stored Procedure Language (
SPL
) statements, which you use to write SPL routines. You can store these routines in the database as user-defined routines (UDRs).
Data types and expressions
These topics describe the data types and expressions that
Informix®
supports.
Other syntax segments
These topics describe
syntax segments
, which are language elements, such as database object names or optimizer directives, that appear as a subdiagram reference in the syntax diagrams of some SQL or SPL statements.
Built-In Routines
Appendixes
Guide to SQL: Reference
The
Informix® Guide to SQL: Reference
contains the reference information for the system catalog tables, data types, and environment variables of the
HCL Informix®
dialect of the SQL language, as implemented in
HCL Informix®
.
These topics also include information about the stores_demo, sales_demo, and superstore_demo databases that are included with
HCL Informix®
.
Guide to SQL: Tutorial
The
Informix® Guide to SQL: Tutorial
shows how to use basic and advanced structured query language (SQL) to access and manipulate the data in your databases.
It discusses the data manipulation language (DML) statements as well as triggers and stored procedure language (SPL) routines, which DML statements often use.
Client/Server Connection Statements
CONNECT
DATABASE
DISCONNECT
SET CONNECTION
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