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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: SyntaxThe HCL OneDB™ Guide to SQL: Syntax describes the syntax of the statements, data types, expressions, operators, and built-in functions of the HCL OneDB™ dialect of the SQL language.
Other syntax segmentsThese 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.
IdentifierAn identifier specifies the unqualified name of a database object, such as an access method, aggregate, alias, blobspace, cast, column, constraint, correlation, data type, index, operator class, partition, procedure, table, trigger, sequence, synonym, or view. Use the Identifier segment whenever you see a reference to an identifier in a syntax diagram.
Using keywords as table namesThe database server issues an error in contexts where the unqualified identifier of a table object is also a valid keyword of SQL. You can disambiguate the table name by qualifying it with the authorization identifier of the owner of the table.
Using GLOBAL as the Name of a Variable

Using GLOBAL as the Name of a Variable

If you attempt to define a variable with the name global, the define operation fails. The syntax that the following example shows conflicts with the syntax for defining global variables:

DEFINE global INT; -- fails;

If the DELIMIDENT environment variable is set, you could use global as a variable name, as the following example shows:

DEFINE "global" INT; -- successful

Important: Although workarounds that the preceding sections show can avoid compilation or runtime syntax conflicts from keywords used as identifiers, keep in mind that such identifiers tend to make code more difficult to understand and to maintain.