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About This Document.......................................................................................................19
Intended Audience................................................................................................................................19
Document Organization.......................................................................................................................19
Notation Conventions...........................................................................................................................20
General Syntax Notation.................................................................................................................20
Related Documentation........................................................................................................................22
Neoview Customer Library.............................................................................................................22
Publishing History................................................................................................................................24
HP Encourages Your Comments..........................................................................................................24
1 Introduction...................................................................................................................25
SQL Language.......................................................................................................................................25
Security.................................................................................................................................................25
READ UNCOMMITTED ................................................................................................................26
READ COMMITTED ......................................................................................................................26
SKIP CONFLICT..............................................................................................................................26
Lock Duration..................................................................................................................................27
Lock Granularity..............................................................................................................................27
Lock Mode.......................................................................................................................................27
Lock Holder.....................................................................................................................................27
Transaction Management......................................................................................................................27
Statement Atomicity........................................................................................................................28
Rules for DML Statements...............................................................................................................29
Concurrency....................................................................................................................................29
Transaction Access Modes...............................................................................................................31
Transaction Rollback Mode.............................................................................................................33
ANSI-Compliant Statements...........................................................................................................33
ANSI-Compliant Functions.............................................................................................................34
Neoview SQL Error Messages..............................................................................................................35
2 SQL Statements.............................................................................................................37
Categories.............................................................................................................................................37
Control Statements..........................................................................................................................39
Object Naming Statements..............................................................................................................39
Stored Procedure Statements...........................................................................................................39
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