This document outlines the syntax and semantics of the SQL statements of the SAP DB database system, version 7.4. The syntax notation used in this document is BNF.
An SQL statement performs an operation on the database instance. The parameters used are host variables of a programming language in which the SQL statements are embedded.
For general information about the SAP DB database system, see the documentation The SAP DB Database System and the SAP DB homepage at http://www.sapdb.org.
For information on the Optimizer functions for SQL statements , see the documentation Optimizer: SAP DB 7.4.
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