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 lit_column_spec 

Syntax Rules for Column Descriptions

Syntax

<lit_column_spec> ::= '<valLITERAL>' <field_pos>

valLITERAL

Text constant

Use

Use this rule to define text constants for output in addition to the output values in the DATAEXTRACT command.

DATAEXTRACT * from customer
OUTFIELDS
  'Customer number:'  01-15
  cno               16-19
  'Name:'           20-25
  name          26-32
  zip               34-38
  city               50-61
OUTFILE 'customer.data' FORMATTED

The text constant is specified in single quotation marks instead of the column name or column ID (column_id).

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