Strings

Examples of character strings are the SQL keywords and names, as well as alphanumeric literals, national literals and time literals.

Strings for SQL keywords

An SQL keyword is a sequence of uppercase or lowercase letters. An SQL keyword is not enclosed in double or single quotes. You will find a list of all SQL keywords in the section “SQL keywords”.

Example: SELECT

In this manual, all SQL keywords appear in uppercase letters to distinguish them from the rest of the text.

Strings for names

The syntax for names is described in the section “Names”.

Strings for literals

Strings for alphanumeric literals, national literals and time literals are enclosed in single quotes (see section “Alphanumeric literals”, section “National literals” and section “Time literals”).

Example: 'Miller'