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SQL programmingYou can use the HCL OneDB™ implementation of the SQL language to develop applications for HCL OneDB™ database servers.
Guide to SQL: ReferenceThe HCL OneDB™ Guide to SQL: Reference contains the reference information for the system catalog tables, data types, and environment variables of the HCL OneDB™ dialect of the SQL language, as implemented in HCL OneDB™. These topics also include information about the stores_demo, sales_demo, and superstore_demo databases that are included with HCL OneDB™.
Environment variablesVarious environment variables affect the functionality of your HCL OneDB™ products. You can set environment variables that identify your terminal, specify the location of your software and define other parameters.
Environment variables in HCL OneDB™ productsThe topics that follow discuss (in alphabetic order) environment variables that HCL OneDB™ database server products and their utilities use.
DBDELIMITER environment variableSet the DBDELIMITER environment variable to specify the field delimiter used with the dbexport utility and with the LOAD and UNLOAD statements.

DBDELIMITER environment variable

Set the DBDELIMITER environment variable to specify the field delimiter used with the dbexport utility and with the LOAD and UNLOAD statements.

delimiter: is the field delimiter for unloaded data files.

The delimiter can be any single character, except those in the following list:

Hexadecimal digits (0 through 9,a through f, A through F)
Newline or CTRL-J
The backslash ( \ ) symbol

The vertical bar ( | = ASCII 124) is the default. To change the field delimiter to a plus ( + ) symbol, for example, you can set DBDELIMITER as follows:

setenv DBDELIMITER '+'