RDOHELP72.HLB  —  Cond expr, Format
  (B)0conditional-expr =

  qqwqqq> conditional-expr qq> AND qq> conditional-expr qqqwqq>
    tqqq> conditional-expr qq> OR qqq> conditional-expr qqqu
    tqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqq> NOT qq> conditional-expr qqqu
    tqqq> value-expr  qq> operator qq> value-expr  qqqqqqqqu
    tqqq> any-clause qqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqu
    tqqq> between-clause qqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqu
    tqqq> containing-clause qqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqu
    tqqq> matching-clause qqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqu
    tqqq> missing-clause qqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqu
    tqqq> starting-with-clause qqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqu
    mqqq> unique-clause qqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqj

1  –  value-expr

    For a complete description of Oracle Rdb value expressions, ask for
    HELP on Value_expr.

2  –  ANY

  (B)0any-clause =

  qqqqwqqq>qqqqqqqqwqq> ANY qqq> rse qqq>
      mqqq> NOT qqqj

    The condition containing ANY is true if the record stream
    specified by the record selection expression (RSE) includes at
    least one record. If you add NOT, the condition is true if there
    are no records in the record stream.

3  –  BETWEEN

  (B)0between-clause =

  qqqq> value-expr  qqqqwqqq>qqqqqqwqqq> BETWEEN qqqqk
                        mqq> NOT qqj                 x
       lqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqj
       mqqq> value-expr  qqq> AND qqq> value-expr  qqqqqqq>

    The condition containing BETWEEN is true if the first value
    expression is between the second and the third value expressions
    or equal to one of them.

4  –  CONTAINING

  (B)0containing-clause =

  qqq> value-expr qqqwqqqqq>qqqqwqq> CONTAINING qqq> value-expr qqq>
                     mqq> NOT qqj

    With CONTAINING, the condition is true if the second value
    expression is found within the first. In most cases, the value
    expressions in a CONTAINING clause evaluate to text strings, but
    CONTAINING also operates on numeric data types.

                                   NOTE

       CONTAINING is not case sensitive; it considers uppercase and
       lowercase forms of the same letter to be a match.

    If either of the value expressions in a CONTAINING clause is
    null, the result is null.

5  –  MATCHING

  (B)0matching-clause =

  qqq> value-expr qqqwqqqqq>qqqqwq> MATCHING qqq> match-expr qqqq>
                     mqq> NOT qqj

    With MATCHING, the condition is true if the match expression
    matches the value expression. MATCHING uses the following
    symbols:

    * Matches any string of zero or more characters

    % Matches any single character

                                   NOTE

       MATCHING is not case sensitive; it considers uppercase and
       lowercase forms of the same letter to be a match.

    If either of the expressions is null, the result is null.

6  –  MISSING

  (B)0missing-clause =

  qqq> db-field  qqqqqqqqwqqqq>qqqqqwqq> MISSING qqq>
                         mqq> NOT qqj

    This condition is true if the value specified by db-field is
    missing.

7  –  STARTING_WITH

  (B)0starting-with-clause =

  qqq> value-expr qqqwqqqqq>qqqqqwqq> STARTING WITH qqq> value-expr qq>
                     mqq> NOT qqqj

    If a condition contains STARTING WITH, the condition is true if
    the first characters of the first string expression match the
    second string expression. In most cases, the value expressions
    in a STARTING WITH clause evaluate to text strings, but STARTING
    WITH also operates on numeric data types.

                                   NOTE

       STARTING WITH is case sensitive; it considers uppercase and
       lowercase forms of the same letter to be different.

    If either of the string expressions in a STARTING WITH clause is
    null, the result is null.

8  –  UNIQUE

  (B)0unique-clause =

    qqqqqqwqqq>qqqqqwq> UNIQUE qqq> rse qqq>
          mqq> NOT qj

    The condition containing UNIQUE is true if the record stream
    specified by the RSE includes only one record. If you add NOT,
    the condition is true if there is more than one record in the
    record stream or the record stream is empty.
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