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Reference Name (reference_name) 

The reference name is an identifier that is declared for a certain validity range and associated with exactly one table. The scope of this declaration is the entire SQL statement.

Syntax

<reference_name> ::= <identifier>

identifier

Explanation

The same reference name specified in various scopes can be associated with different tables or with the same table.

An error message occurs if the name has more than 32 characters.

Use in SQL statements

Column spec

Selected column

FROM TABLE specification

Recursive DECLARE CURSOR statement

UPDATE statement

DELETE statement

 

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