SQL Script Keywords

SQL Script keywords are the character strings that SQL Script treats as reserved words.

Note: TDV does not treat all SQL-99 reserved words as SQL Script keywords.

SQL Script keywords are not case-sensitive. However, TDV documentation uses uppercase letters to distinguish keywords from other words.

Although it is not recommended, you can use SQL Script keywords in roles other than their intended syntax, as long as you set them off in double quotes. For example:

SELECT "BEGIN" INTO ... 

The following table lists the SQL Script keywords.

SQL Script Keywords

AS

BEGIN

CALL

CASE

CAST

CLOSE

COMMIT

CREATE

DROP

CURRENT_EXCEPTION

CURSOR

DO

DECLARE

DEFAULT

DELETE

ELSE

ELSE IF

END

EXCEPTION

EXECUTE

FALSE

FETCH

FOR

IF

IMMEDIATE

IN

INDEPENDENT

INOUT

INSERT INTO

INTO

ITERATE

LEAVE

LOOP

OPEN

OUT

PIPE

PROCEDURE

PUBLIC

RAISE

REPEAT

ROLLBACK

ROW

SELECT

SET

THEN

TRANSACTION

TRUE

TRUNCATE

TYPE

UNTIL

UPDATE

VALUE

WHEN

WHILE