Names the target file for output. The default file extension is .lis. If you specify OUTPUT with a file name, SQL writes its output to a log file that you specify. The log file contains both statements and results. If you issue a SET OUTPUT statement, output is also written to standard output which is usually the terminal. If you specify OUTPUT without a file name, SQL suspends writing output to a log file, if any, and writes the output to the standard output. In other words, the SET OUTPUT statement without a file name is equivalent to the SET NOOUTPUT statement. SQL displays certain items (such as the headings produced by the SHOW statement) in boldface type on your terminal screen. In log files, however, the boldface items are surrounded by escape characters. You can ignore these escape characters, edit them out of your log file, or set your terminal so that SQL does not display characters in boldface type. If you disable boldface type using the following DCL command, your log file will not contain escape characters: $ SET TERM/NOANSI_CRT