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SELECT |
Required statement | |
Applies to: | view descriptor |
Interacts with: | RESET |
Syntax | |
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Syntax |
SELECT ALL | column-identifier-1 <...column-identifier-n>; |
Details |
If you use an editing statement, such as SELECT, it must follow the CREATE statement when you create a view descriptor. See CREATE for more information on the order of statements.
The SELECT statement can take one of the following arguments:
select 1 2 3;
If the column name contains special characters or national characters, enclose the name in quotes. You can select as many columns as you want in one SELECT statement.
SELECT statements are cumulative within the same view creation. That is, if you submit the following two SELECT statements, columns 1, 5, and 6 are selected, not just columns 5 and 6:
select 1; select 5 6;
To clear all your current selections when creating a
view descriptor, use the
RESET ALL
statement; you can then
use another SELECT statement to select new columns.
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