Dictionary Manipulation Statements; Delete Statement; Table 8-1. Dictionary Manipulation Statements - HP DDL D40 Reference Manual

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Dictionary Manipulation Statements

The statements described in this section are used to manipulate objects in a DDL
dictionary. You use the DDL statements listed in
open DDL dictionary.

Table 8-1. Dictionary Manipulation Statements

Statement
DELETE
EXIT
OUTPUT
OUTPUT UPDATE
SHOW USE OF

DELETE Statement

DELETE purges DDL objects from the currently open dictionary. The DELETE
statement can be used to delete a single object of a particular object type or a list of
objects of the same type.
{ CONSTANT constant-name ... }
{ DEF[INITION] def-name ...
{ RECORD record-name ...
DELETE { TOKEN-CODE token-name ...
{ TOKEN-MAP map-name ...
{ TOKEN-TYPE type-name ...
constant-name
is the name of a constant in the open DDL dictionary. You can specify up to 50
constants.
def-name
is a DDL name that uniquely identifies an existing definition in an open DDL
dictionary. You can specify up to 50 definitions.
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Function
Deletes one or more DDL objects of a particular object type from
an open DDL dictionary.
Terminates an interactive DDL session.
Generates DDL, FUP, REPORT, or host-language source code
from an open DDL dictionary.
Generates DDL source code from an open DDL dictionary to
delete or modify DDL objects.
Displays all DDL objects that refer to a specified DDL object.
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