Style conventions

Syntax statements (displaying the syntax and options for a command) are printed as follows:

alter user user
set password new_passwd
[verify password old_passwd]

See “Syntax conventions” for more information.

Examples that show the use of Replication Server commands are printed as follows:

alter user louise
 set password hFE5t
 verify password hFE5t

Command names, command option names, program names, program flags, keywords, configuration parameters, functions, and stored procedures are printed as follows:

Use alter user to change the password for a login name.

Variables, parameters to functions and stored procedures, and user-supplied words are in italics in syntax and in paragraph text, as follows:

The set password new_passwd clause specifies a new password.

Names of database objects, such as databases, tables, columns, and datatypes, are in italics in paragraph text, as follows:

The base_price column in the Items table is a money datatype.

Names of replication objects, such as function-string classes, error classes, replication definitions, and subscriptions, are in italics.