SQL Reference

Language Elements

This chapter defines the basic syntax of SQL and language elements that are common to many SQL statements.

Subject
"Characters"
"Tokens"
"Identifiers"
"Naming Conventions and Implicit Object Name Qualifications"
"Aliases"
"Authorization IDs and authorization-names"
"Data Types"
"Promotion of Data Types"
"Casting Between Data Types"
"Assignments and Comparisons"
"Rules for Result Data Types"
"Constants"
"Special Registers"
"Column Names"
"References to Host Variables"
"Functions"
"Methods"
"Conservative Binding Semantics"
"Expressions"
"Predicates"
"Search Conditions"