Specifies the path name for a repository record definition. Because SQL treats the path name as a string literal, you should enclose it in single quotation marks. SQL declares a host structure corresponding to the repository record definition and gives it the same name. SQL statements embedded in the program can then refer to the host structure. Typically, programs use the FROM DICTIONARY argument as a convenient way to declare host structures that correspond to table definitions stored in the repository. SQL stores table definitions in the repository in the following cases only: o Both the CREATE DATABASE statement and the database declaration for the attach in which the table was defined specified the PATHNAME argument. o The database definitions were copied to the repository with an INTEGRATE statement. However, programs can use the FROM DICTIONARY argument to declare host structures for any CDD$RECORD repository object type, including those repository objects defined as part of the database. Using the INCLUDE statement does more than using a comparable host language statement that inserts a CDD$RECORD object into the program. The INCLUDE FROM DICTIONARY statement lets you refer to the repository record in an embedded SQL statement, while the host language statement does not.