:




    INTEGER       SERIAL[(n0)]   CHAR(n)        DATE
    SMALLINT      DECIMAL(m,n)   DATETIME qualif1 TO qualif2
    REAL          MONEY(m,n)     INTERVAL qualif1 TO qualif2
    FLOAT         RECORD         ARRAY [i,j,k] OF  datatype
 qualif \in {YEAR,MONTH,DAY,HOUR,MINUTE,SECOND,FRACTION(n)}

 :   **  *  /  mod   +  -  ( )
 ,     CHAR,    DECIMAL
  :  -7 mod 3 = -1
  :   mod  **       SELECT

    4GL (. Dh4fuE "
4GL")        (. Dh4gcfuE "  
4GL")



                string1,string2            
                string   [m,n]             
                string   CLIPPED             
                string   USING ""    
                string   WORDWRAP       


                      time + interval = time
                      time - time = interval


              =, !=  <>, <=, >=, <, >
               NOT ,  OR,  AND
               IS [NOT] NULL
                                     "\"
        string [NOT] LIKE "" [ESCAPE "escape-char"]
            D%E D_E    !
        string [NOT] MATCHES "" [ESCAPE "esc-char"]
            D*E D?E D[EabHD]E D[^EdD-EzD]E
          "DE", "DE", "D E", "D  E"

      .    ,   
                    WHERE


(    4GL)

DstatusE   { 0 | NOTFOUND | <0 }      
Dquit_flagE       (  0       QUIT )
Dint_flagE        (  0        ^C  )

define SQLCA record     #     
   SQLCODE    integer,          =status
   SQLERRM    char(71),         -
   SQLERRP    char(8),          -
   SQLERRD    array[8] of int,.
   SQLAWARN   char(8)          warning  
end record                    
SQLERRD[1]           
SQLERRD[2]      serial   ISAM error cod
SQLERRD[3]        
SQLERRD[4]      CPU cost 
SQLERRD[5]      offset of error into SQL-st
SQLERRD[6]      ROWID of last row
SQLERRD[7]           
SQLERRD[8]           



MAIN              (   )
  .  .  .
END MAIN

CALL function-name ([ ]) [RETURNING . ]

FUNCTION function-name ([ ])
        .  .  .                  
        [RETURN expr-list]       
        .  .  .
END FUNCTION

REPORT  report-name(variable-list)      .    DformatE
        [DEFINE-statement]
                .  .  .
        [OUTPUT
                output-statement
                .  .  .]
        [ORDER [EXTERNAL] BY sort-list
         FORMAT
                format-statement
                .  .  .
                4gl-statement
                .  .  .
END REPORT



START  REPORT report-name
      [TO {file-name | PRINTER | PIPE program}]

OUTPUT TO  REPORT  report-name (,  [, ...])

FINISH REPORT report-name



DEFINE     { type | LIKE table.column
               | RECORD {LIKE table.* |   [,..]
                                        END RECORD} } [,...]
         type   :
        INTEGER       CHAR(n)       DATE
        SMALLINT      DECIMAL(m,n)  DATETIME qualif1 TO qualif2
        REAL          MONEY(m,n)    INTERVAL qualif1 TO qualif2
        FLOAT         RECORD        ARRAY [i,j,k] OF  datatype
    qualif  {YEAR,MONTH,DAY,HOUR,MINUTE,SECOND,FRACTION(n)}

GLOBALS   { "  GLOBALS " |
        DEFINE-st          
          .  .  .    ,    
END GLOBALS }



INITIALIZE    {LIKE column-list | TO NULL}
      NULL  DEFAULT 

LET   = 



WHENEVER { ERROR | WARNING | NOT FOUND }
       { GOTO [:]label | CALL function-name | CONTINUE | STOP }
                        !!!    function-name  () !!!

DEFER  INTERRUPT       ^C

DEFER  QUIT            QUIT
     QUIT => quit_flag!=0,  ^C => int_flag!=0



CALL function([ ]) [RETURNING  ]
              ! ! !   

CASE                               CASE   ()
   WHEN ..                   WHEN  1
      .  .  .                          .  .  .
      [EXIT CASE]                         [EXIT CASE]
      .  .  .                             .  .  .
   WHEN ..                   WHEN  2
      .  .  .                             .  .  .
  [OTHERWISE]                         [OTHERWISE]
      .  .  .                             .  .  .
END CASE                           END CASE

IF    THEN
        .  .  .
       [ELSE
        .  .  . ]
END IF         IF !!!

FOR     I= i1 TO i2  [STEP i3]
        statement
          .  .  .
        [CONTINUE FOR]
          .  .  .
        [EXIT FOR]
          .  .  .
END FOR

CONTINUE { FOR | FOREACH | MENU | WHILE }
EXIT  { CASE | WHILE | FOR | FOREACH | MENU | INPUT | DISPLAY
| PROGRAM[(status code for UNIX)] }

WHILE   
         . . .
          .  .  .
        [CONTINUE WHILE]
          .  .  .
        [EXIT WHILE]
          .  .  .
END WHILE

GOTO [:]            ':'    ANSI 
LABEL :         

RUN {"  UNIX"|char-variable} [RETURNING int-variable
                                             | WITHOUT WAITING]

SLEEP   -.      n  



MENU  " "
    COMMAND { KEY (key-list) |
    [KEY (key-list)] "k "
                        ["  help"] [HELP help-number] }
             key,   ,   .
              statement
              .  .  .
              [CONTINUE MENU]
              .  .  .
              [EXIT MENU]
              .  .  .
              [NEXT OPTION "k "           #   
     [COMMAND  .  .  .        ]
      . . .
END MENU

OPTIONS   {                         :
     PROMPT  LINE  p |                  FIRST
     MESSAGE LINE  m |                  FIRST + 1
     FORM    LINE  f |                  FIRST + 2
     COMMENT LINE  c |                  LAST [-1]
     ERROR   LINE  e |                  LAST
     INPUT { WRAP | NO WRAP } |         NO WRAP
     INSERT    KEY   key-name |   F1   !!  :
     DELETE    KEY   key-name | .  F2   CONTROL-A,D,H,L,
     NEXT      KEY   key-name |   F3   CONTROL-Q,R,X,  
     PREVIOUS  KEY   key-name |   F4   CONTROL-C,S,Q,Z 
     ACCEPT    KEY   key-name |           ESC
     HELP    FILE "help-file" |  
     HELP      KEY   key-name |   CONTROL-W    mkmessage
     INPUT ATTRIBUTE( ) |
     DISPLAY ATTRIBUTE( )
           } [,...]      :
       NORMAL     DREVERSEE        FORM     
       BOLD       UNDERLINE      WINDOW    
       INVISIBLE  BLINK

OPEN WINDOW window-name AT row, column
   WITH { integer ROWS, integer COLUMNS | FORM "form-file" }
     [ATTRIBUTE( )]
        :  BORDER      : 
        BOLD, DIM, INVISIBLE, NORMAL       NORMAL
              DREVERSEE, UNDERLINE, BLINK     
                   PROMPT LINE  n          FIRST
                   MESSAGE LINE m          FIRST + 1
                   FORM    LINE m          FIRST + 2
                   COMMENT LINE m          LAST

CURRENT WINDOW IS { window name | SCREEN }

CLEAR  {SCREEN | WINDOW window-name | FORM |  }

CLOSE WINDOW window-name

OPEN FORM form-name FROM "form-file"      .frm

DISPLAY FORM form-name [ATTRIBUTE( )]

CLOSE FORM form-name



MESSAGE  ,  [ATTRIBUTE( )]

ERROR  ,  [ATTRIBUTE( )]
                                  REVERSE 

PROMPT    
 [ATTRIBUTE( )] FOR [CHAR] variable
 [HELP help-number]             #    variable
 [ATTRIBUTE( )]   # FOR CHAR -   
 [ON KEY (key-list)
    statement               : NORMAL     DREVERSEE
      .  .  .                         BOLD       UNDERLINE
 .  .  .                              DIM        BLINK
END PROMPT]                           INVISIBLE
  ON  KEY          
PROMPT, INPUT.     .


                                                 
DISPLAY { BY NAME   |
   TO { |screen-record[D[EnD]E].*}[,..] |
   AT row, column }
 [ATTRIBUTE( )]

                    [      ]
INPUT { BY NAME   [WITHOUT DEFAULTS] |
          [WITHOUT DEFAULTS] FROM
         {  | screen-record[D[EnD]E].*}[,...]}
 [ATTRIBUTE( )]
 [HELP help-number]
       [ { BEFORE FIELD         ESC
         | AFTER  { FIELD   | INPUT }
         | ON KEY (key-list) }
                statement . . .
               [NEXT FIELD field-name]
               [EXIT INPUT]
                statement . . .
          .  .  .
END INPUT  ]

   WHERE   QUERY BY EXAMPLE
CONSTRUCT {BY NAME char-variable ON column-list |
           char-variable ON column-list FROM
            {  | screen-record[D[EnD]E].*}[,...]}
        [ATTRIBUTE( )]

             :
            :        :        :
                *             *X       
                ?             X?        
                |          abc|cdef       
          >,<, >=,<=,<>      >X      
                :            X:YW     
                ..        Date..Date    

call set_count(-  )   
DISPLAY ARRAY record-array TO screen-array.*
 [ATTRIBUTE( )]
      [  ON KEY (key-list)
                .  .  .
         [EXIT DISPLAY]
                .  .  .
END DISPLAY ] | [END DISPLAY]

SCROLL {field-list | screen-record.*} [,...}  
        {UP | DOWN} [BY int]                   

call set_count(-  )   
INPUT ARRAY record-array [WITHOUT DEFAULTS]
 FROM   screen-array.*  [HELP help-number] [ATTRIBUTE(.)]
 [{BEFORE {ROW | INSERT | DELETE | FIELD  }[,...]
  | AFTER {ROW|INSERT|DELETE|FIELD   |INPUT}[,...]
  | ON KEY (key-list) }
          statement  ...
         [NEXT FIELD field-name]
          statement...
         [EXIT INPUT]
           .  .  .
      .  .  .
END INPUT ]
     DISPLAY ARRAY   :
        arr_curr()     . 
        arr_count()    . 
        scr_line()      . 
        CALL showhelp(helpnumber) -  help




PREPARE statement-id FROM {char-variable | "SQL- [] "}

   DSQLE-statement   

     ,      ?


  DE  :

DECLARE         PREPARE         LOAD

OPEN            EXECUTE         UNLOAD

CLOSE           FETCH        SELECT INTO variables


EXECUTE statment-id [USING input-list]

   ,   ?  input-list


FREE   { statment-id | cursor-name }





DECLARE cursor-name [SCROLL] CURSOR [WITH HOLD] FOR

        { SELECT-st [FOR UPDATE [OF column-list]] |

          INSERT-st   |  statment-id }

               SCROLL - ,   .

                statment-id -  PREPARE

                HOLD -   

: SCROLL cursor   FOR UPDATE,    

-SCROLL cursora  
:    DECLARE cursor-name   

      .


OPEN  cursor-name [USING  ]


CLOSE cursor-name


                 SELECT-:


FOREACH cursor-name [INTO  ]

          .  .  .

        [CONTINUE FOREACH]

          .  .  .

        [EXIT FOREACH]

          .  .  .

END FOREACH


FETCH { NEXT | PREVIOUS | FIRST | LAST | CURRRENT |

        RELATIVE m | ABSOLUTE n ] cursor-name

        [INTO  ]

      cursor not  SCROLL    NEXT

        ,   status=NOTFOUND


                 INSERT-:


PUT cursor-name [FROM  ]    ,

[  ?  DECLAREd INSERT-st   ]


FLUSH cursor-name    

                D^^E DSQL E D^^E


                CREATE, DROP, DATABASE, ALTER, RENAME

      DELETE       INSERT     UPDATE       LOAD      UNLOAD

 SELECT         SELECT

            GRANT/REVOKE, LOCK/UNLOCK TABLE, SET LOCK MODE

      BEGIN WORK, COMMIT WORK, ROLLBACK WORK, START DATABASE, ...




           D E !



CREATE DATABASE db-name [WITH LOG IN "pathname" [MODE ANSI]]

 ansi   ,   


DROP DATABASE { database-name | char-variable }


DATABASE database-name [EXCLUSIVE]         

CLOSE DATABASE


CREATE [TEMP] TABLE table-name( column-name datatype [NOT NULL]

                     [UNIQUE [CONSTRAINT constr-name]] [,...] )

        [UNIQUE(uniq-col-list) [CONSTRAINT constr-name] ] [,..]

        [WITH NO LOG]

        [IN "pathname-directory"]

 datatype  :

    INTEGER       SERIAL[(n0)]   DATE

    SMALLINT      DECIMAL(m,n)   DATETIME qualif1 TO qualif2

    REAL          MONEY(m,n)     INTERVAL qualif1 TO qualif2

    FLOAT         CHAR(n)

qualifier \in {YEAR,MONTH,DAY,HOUR,MINUTE,SECOND,FRACTION(n)}


ALTER TABLE table-name       #    

     {  ADD ( new-column-name datatype [NOT NULL]

                [UNIQUE [CONSTRAINT constr-name]][,...] )

                    [BEFORE old-column-name]

        |

        DROP (old-column-name[,...])

        |

        MODIFY (old-column-name new-datatype [NOT NULL][,...])

        |

        ADD CONSTRAINT UNIQUE (old-column-name[,...])

                                   [CONSTRAINT constr-name]

        |

        DROP CONSTRAINT (constr-name[,...])

      } [,...]


RENAME TABLE old-table-name TO new-table-name

RENAME COLUMN table.old-column-name TO new-column-name


CREATE VIEW view-name [(column-list)]

        AS SELECT-statement [WITH CHECK OPTION]


CREATE [UNIQUE|DISTINCT] [CLUSTER] INDEX index-name

        ON table-name (column-name [DESC], ...)


ALTER INDEX index-name TO [NOT] CLUSTER   


CREATE SYNONYM synonym-name FOR table-name


DROP VIEW    view-name

DROP TABLE   table-name

DROP INDEX   index-name

DROP SYNONYM synonym-name


UPDATE STATISTICS [FOR TABLE table-name]   

SET EXPLAIN {ON | OFF}

    sqlexplain.out





DELETE FROM table-name [WHERE {condition | CURRENT OF cursor-name}]

                                           !*    4GL *!

INSERT INTO table-name [(column-list)]

      { VALUES (value-list) | SELECT-statement }


UPDATE table-name SET {column-name ={ expression | (SELECT-st) } [,...]

  | {(col-list) | [table.]*} =

 { ({ expr-list | (SELECT-st) } [,...]) | record-name.* }

     [WHERE {condition | CURRENT OF cursor-name}]

                            !*    4GL *!


LOAD FROM "file-name" [DELIMITER "?"] { INSERT INTO table

            [(col-list)] | char-variable with INSERT-st }

UNLOAD TO "file" [DELIMITER "?"] SELECT-statement

           :

1|2| ... ||n|

                   ...

|| ... |


OUTPUT TO {FILENAME | PIPE program} [WITHOUT HEADINGS] SELECT-st

                  INFORMIX-SQL






SELECT [ALL | UNIQUE] column-expr [col-lable] [,...]


        [INTO  ]            !*    4GL *!

        FROM { [OUTER] table-name [tab-alias] |

           OUTER  (table-expr) } [,...] -      

                                            (

        [WHERE condition]               ) 

        [GROUP BY column-list  [HAVING condition] ]

        [ORDER BY column-name [DESC],...]

        [INTO TEMP table-name]


     WHERE conditions:


     OR, AND, NOT 


        1  DE 1

                                DE  =,>,<,>=,<=,<>,!=

        column-name IS [NOT] NULL

         [NOT] BETWEEN 1 AND 2

         [NOT] IN (1 , ...  [, ...] )


                                     "\"

         [NOT] LIKE "" [ESCAPE "escape-char"]

            D%E D_E   "" ""

         [NOT] MATCHES "" [ESCAPE "esc-char"]

            D*E D?E        "DE" "DE"

                          D[EabHD]E D[^EdD-EzD]E  "D E" "D  E"


         DE {ALL | [ANY | SOME]} (SELECT-)

         [NOT] IN (SELECT-)     !*  *!

        [NOT] EXISTS  (SELECT-)      !*  SQL   *!





     {DBpriv             {PUBLIC    

GRANT   |           TO   |     [WITH GRANT OPTION] [AS grantor]

 TBpriv [,..] ON table}  user-list}              grantor


        {DBpriv

REVOKE   |                FROM { PUBLIC | user-list }

   TBpriv [,..] ON table}

                                            TABLE PRIVILEGES:

    DATABASE PRIVILEGES:                  ALTER          DELETE

                                          INDEX          INSERT

        CONNECT                        SELECT[(cols)]

        RESOURCE              UPDATE [(cols)]

        DBA                                ALL [PRIVILEGES]


SET LOCK MODE TO [NOT] WAIT      [ ]  

                                                . 

LOCK TABLE   table-name   IN      {SHARE | EXCLUSIVE} MODE

                         {  |  }

UNLOCK TABLE table-name


    ,

CREATE DATABASE db-name WITH LOG IN "/pathname" [MODE ANSI]] START DATABASE db-name WITH LOG IN "/pathname" [MODE ANSI]  (log-) DATABASE database-name [EXCLUSIVE]   ROLLFORWARD DATABASE database-name   CLOSE DATABASE   BEGIN WORK   !!  . . .  !! COMMIT WORK K  ROLLBACK WORK  COMMIT CREATE AUDIT FOR table-name IN "pathname" . . . RECOVER TABLE table-name   DROP AUDIT FOR table-name VALIDATE LIKE column-list    (syscolval)?  status<0 :   4GL,   INFORMIX-SQL  INFO { TABLES | { COLUMNS | INDEXES | ACCES | PRIVILEGES | STATUS } FOR table-name }  CHECK TABLE owner.table-name    REPAIR TABLE table-name  

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