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About This Document.......................................................................................................23
Intended Audience................................................................................................................................23
Document Organization.......................................................................................................................24
Notation Conventions...........................................................................................................................24
General Syntax Notation.................................................................................................................24
Related Documentation........................................................................................................................26
Neoview Customer Library.............................................................................................................26
Publishing History................................................................................................................................27
HP Encourages Your Comments..........................................................................................................27
1 Introduction...................................................................................................................29
SQL Language.......................................................................................................................................29
Security.................................................................................................................................................29
User IDs and Role............................................................................................................................29
Authorization ID.............................................................................................................................29
READ UNCOMMITTED ................................................................................................................30
READ COMMITTED ......................................................................................................................30
SKIP CONFLICT..............................................................................................................................31
Lock Duration..................................................................................................................................31
Lock Granularity..............................................................................................................................31
Lock Mode.......................................................................................................................................31
Lock Holder.....................................................................................................................................32
Transaction Management......................................................................................................................32
Statement Atomicity........................................................................................................................32
User-Defined Transactions.........................................................................................................33
Rules for DML Statements...............................................................................................................33
Concurrency....................................................................................................................................33
Transaction Access Modes...............................................................................................................35
READ ONLY...............................................................................................................................35
READ WRITE.............................................................................................................................36
READ UNCOMMITTED............................................................................................................36
READ COMMITTED..................................................................................................................36
Transaction Rollback Mode.............................................................................................................37
ANSI-Compliant Statements...........................................................................................................37
ANSI-Compliant Functions.............................................................................................................38
Neoview SQL Error Messages..............................................................................................................39
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