A placeholder used in LSE templates for the DECLARE TABLE syntax. The col-clause placeholder allows the optional expansions of either the col-constraint or sql-and-dtr-clause placeholders. In the following syntax diagram for col-definition, col-clause is represented by the right-most syntax loop that includes col- constraint and the sql-and-dtr-clause. declare-col-definition = --> <column-name> --> data-type -++------------------------++-> |+-> col-constraint ------+| |+-> sql-and-dtr-clause --+| +----------- <-------------+ See also the Help topic on col-definition, located at this same level.