SET SQL

No longer required in Recital 10

Purpose

Enable or disable use of SQL statements

Syntax

SET SQL ON | OFF | (<expL>)

SET SQL TO RECITAL | VFP | MYSQL

See Also

SET PAUSE, SET SQLDIALECT, SQL

Description

When SQL is set ON, commands that follow are assumed to be SQL, not Recital/4GL. In the development environment of Recital Terminal Developer, the interactive SQL prompt will be displayed and valid Recital/ SQL commands can be executed. Most of the Recital non-SQL commands can also be executed, but commands that conflict with SQL are not permitted. When SQL is set OFF, the normal Recital prompt is displayed. By default, SQL is OFF.

The SET SQL ON command can also be used in config.db configuration files for session, application or system wide setting. Since it affects the compilation of programs, it should be set prior to compilation rather than in a program itself. Program files with a ’.sql’ file extension are automatically compiled and run with SET SQL ON. When SQLDIALECT is set to Recital, embedded SQL commands within programs must be preceded by the EXEC SQL command unless SET SQL is ON.

The SET SQL TO <dialect> command is synonymous with the SET SQLDIALECT TO <dialect> command.

Example

> set sql on
Recital/SQL> select * from accounts;

Products

Recital Server, Recital