Elements Used in SQL Statements

The following elements are used in the SQL statements listed previously.

Element

base-table-identifier ::= user-defined-name
base-table-name ::= base-table-identifier
boolean-factor ::= [NOT] boolean-primary
boolean-primary ::= comparison-predicate | ( search-condition )
boolean-term ::= boolean-factor [AND boolean-term]
character-string-literal ::= '{character}'
(character is any character in the character set of the driver/data source. To include a single literal quote character (') in a character-string-literal, use two literal quote characters ('').)
column-identifier ::= user-defined-name
column-name ::= [table-name.]column-identifier
comparison-operator ::= < | > | <= | >= | = | <>
comparison-predicate ::= expression comparison-operator expression
data-type ::= character-string-type
(character-string-type is any data type for which the “DATA_TYPE” column in the result set returned by SQLGetTypeInfo is either SQL_CHAR or SQL_VARCHAR.)
digit ::= 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
dynamic-parameter ::= ?
expression ::= term | expression {+|–} term
factor ::= [+|]primary
insert-value ::=
dynamic-parameter
| literal
| NULL
| USER
letter ::= lower-case-letter | upper-case-letter
literal ::= character-string-literal
lower-case-letter ::= a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | m | n | o | p | q | r | s | t | u | v | w | x | y | z
order-by-clause ::=  ORDER BY sort-specification [, sort-specification]...
primary ::= column-name
| dynamic-parameter
| literal
| ( expression )
search-condition ::= boolean-term [OR search-condition]
select-list ::= * | select-sublist [, select-sublist]...
(select-list cannot contain parameters.)
select-sublist ::= expression
sort-specification ::= {unsigned-integer | column-name} [ASC | DESC]
table-identifier ::= user-defined-name
table-name ::= table-identifier
table-reference ::= table-name
table-reference-list ::= table-reference [,table-reference]
term ::= factor | term {*|/} factor
unsigned-integer ::= {digit}
upper-case-letter ::= A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
user-defined-name ::= letter[digit | letter | _]...