option_string

Description

Specifies the general syntax and processing for option_string. Individual options are described in the functions that reference them.

Syntax

option_string ::= basic_character_expression 
option_string_value ::= option_and_value [ [,] option_and_value]
option_and_value ::=  option_name = option_value 
option_name ::= simple_identifier
option_value ::=  simple_identifier
	| quoted_string | integer_literal | float_literal | byte_literal
	| true | false | null

Parameters

option_string

is the string describing the option you want to specify.

simple_identifier

is the string that identifies the value of an option.

quoted_string

is the string formed using the normal SQL conventions for embedded quotation marks.

integer_literal

is the literal specified by normal SQL conventions.

float_literal

is the literal specified by normal SQL conventions.

true

is a Boolean literal.

false

is a Boolean literal.

null

is a null literal.

byte_literal

has the form 0xHH, where each H is a hexadecimal digit.

Usage

For option_string usage, see msgsend.

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