SQL: A Beginner's Guide, Third Edition, 3rd Edition

Index

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Symbols

-- (hyphens) with INSERT statements, 170

? (subtraction) operator, 239

% (percentage sign) with LIKE, 203–205

& (ampersand) with allocation handles, 422

() (parentheses) with AND and OR keywords, 155

with CALL statement, 308

with COUNT function, 227

organizing in code, 96–97

with predicates, 158–159

* (asterisk)

in COUNT function, 227–228

with cursors, 361

with query results, 148

* (multiplication) operator, 239

/ (division) operator, 239

/ (slash) in XML, 436

: (colon)

with host variables, 408–409

with statement label, 317

::= symbol, 90

; (semicolon) with compound statements, 313

? (question mark) placeholder, 425

[] (brackets) with MATCH clause, 88