Type
|
Symbol
|
Syntax Convention
|
|---|
Keywords
and tags
|
SCRIPT
|
SQL keywords and HTML
tags are shown in uppercase.
|
Placeholders
|
name
|
Items that the user must
replace with appropriate identifiers or expressions are shown in
italics.
|
Options
|
|
|
Options are separated
by vertical bars. Any one of the items is allowed.
|
Continuation
|
...
|
Lines beginning with ...
are
a continuation of the statements from the previous line.
|
Lists
|
",..."
|
Lists are shown with a
list element followed by ",..."
.
This means that one or more list elements are allowed and if more
than one is specified, they must be separated by commas.
|
Optional portions
|
[ ]
|
Optional portions of a
statement are enclosed in square brackets. For example, FORMATTING [ MAXROWS = num ]
indicates
that the MAXROWS = num
is
optional. Alternative optional parts of a statement are sometimes
listed within the brackets separated by vertical bars. For example, [ ASC | DESC ]
indicates that ASC
or DESC
are
optional. Do not type bracket.
|
Alternatives
|
{ }
|
When one of the options
must be chosen, the alternatives are enclosed in curly braces. For example [ QUOTES { ON | OFF } ]
indicates
that if the QUOTES
option
is chosen, one of ON
or OFF
must
be provided. Do not type the braces.
|
PowerDynamo Web sites work with either Adaptive
Server Enterprise or Adaptive Server Anywhere databases. In this
book, sections that apply to only one of these databases are marked
by [Adaptive Server Anywhere] or [Adaptive
Server Enterprise] at the beginning of the appropriate
section.
