Is DECLARE TABLE in DCLGEN necessary? Why it used?

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Is DECLARE TABLE in DCLGEN necessary? Why it used?

Post by Krishna » Sun Mar 29, 2009 10:42 pm

Is DECLARE TABLE in DCLGEN necessary? Why it used?

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Post by Krishna » Sun Mar 29, 2009 10:42 pm

It not necessary to have DECLARE TABLE statement in DCLGEN. This is used by the pre-compiler to validate the table-name, view-name, column name etc., during pre-compile.

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