Objectives and target groups of this manual

This manual is intended for all SESAM/SQL users working with SQL.

It is assumed that you are already familiar with the “ Core manual”, in particular with the SESAM/SQL objects and concepts upon which SQL statements are based. It is also assumed that you have a basic knowledge of relational databases.

If you want to call SQL statements interactively via the utility monitor, you must be familiar with the utility monitor (see the “ Utility Monitor” manual).

If you plan on embedding SQL statements in a program, you must be familiar with the COBOL programming language and the ESQL precompiler (see the “ ESQL-COBOL for SESAM/SQL-Server” manual.)