Conventions used in this book

This section specifies some conventions which are used throughout this manual.

Highlighting conventions

The following conventions are used in this book.

Bold Indicates SQL keywords used in examples and when introducing descriptions involving the keyword.
Italics Indicates one of the following:
  • Variables that represent items from a syntax diagram.
  • The introduction of a new term.
  • A reference to another source of information.

Conventions for describing mixed data values

When mixed data values are shown in the examples, the following conventions apply:

Conventions for describing mixed data values. Shift-out character represented by X' 0E', shift-in characters represented by X' 0F', single-byte characters represented by sbcs-string, double-byte characters represented by dbcs-string, DBCS apostrophe represented by EBCDIC X' 427D, and DBCS G represented by EBCDIC X' 42C7.