Chapter 8
DQL Lexicon

DQL Lexicon: Introduction

DQL Lexicon Typographical Conventions

Symbols

+ (addition)

- (subtraction)

/ (division)

*(multiplication)

*(asterisk)

? (question mark)

~ (tilde)

: (colon)

() (parentheses)

. (period)

;_semicolon

" " (quotation marks)

:= (assignment operator)

< (less than)

<= (less than or equal to)

= (equals)

> (greater than)

>= (greater than or equal to)

-- (comment)

abs (absolute value)

acos (arccosine)

ad hoc relationship

all

ampm

and

any

application status

asin (arcsine)

assign

atan (arctangent)

atan2 (arctangent 2)

backup db (backup database)

begin transaction

between

blank

call menu

call program

case

ceil

comment

commit

Comparison Operators

Conditional Statistical Operators

Constant Value

Concat

Control Procedure

copy all from

cos (cosine)

cosh (hyperbolic cosine)

count

count of

count of (example)

current

data-entry

date

day

db status (database status)

define

delete records

do

else

end

enter a record

error messages off

error messages on

exec SQL

exit

exp

export

firstc

firstlast

firstw

floor

for

Functions

futurevalue

global

Grouping

highest of

hours

if Command

if Function

import

in

in groups

in order

in reverse

input using

Using the input using Command with Multiforms

install application

installment

item (Statistical Operator)

item (Conditional Statistical Operator)

jointext

julian

lastc

lastfirst

lastw

length

list records

lock

lock db (lock database)

log

log10

lower

lowest of

max

mean

mean of

message

midc

midw

min

minutes

mod (modulus)

modify records

month

named

Nested Actions

not

Operators

or

others

output

percent

periods

power

presentvalue

Primary Table

Procedural Commands

Processing Procedure

proper

query selection

random

rate

record entry

Relational Statistical Operators

Relationships

reorganize

restore db (restore database)

rollback

run procedure

Secondary Table

seconds

Selection Criteria

sin

sinh

Sorting

spellcurrency

spelldate

spellmonth

spellnumber

spellweekday

sqrt (square root)

Statistical Operators

std.dev. (standard deviation)

std.err. (standard error)

sum

sum of

tan (tangent)

tanh (hyperbolic tangent)

temp

textpos

timeampm

tran off

tran on

Transaction Processing

unlock

unlock db (unlock database)

upper

value

variable

variance

weekday

while

with

year

yearday

yearweek