SQLQualifiers

Description

Sets the level of qualification for identifiers (table and column names) in SQL statements when you connect to a database. This affects behavior in DataWindow objects.

When DataWindow Designer qualifies a table or column name, it prefixes it with the name of the owner. For example, if a user named Fran owns a table named Sales, the qualified table name is Fran.Sales.

Applies to

Syntax

SQLQualifiers=value

Parameter

Description

value

Sets the level of qualification for identifiers in SQL statements when you connect to a database. Values are:

  • 0 (Default) Do not qualify identifiers with owner names in SQL statements.

  • 1 Qualify identifiers with owner names in SQL statements.

Default

SQLQualifiers=0

Usage

When DataWindow Designer qualifies identifiers If the name of the table owner is the same as the name of the user logged in to the database, DataWindow Designer does not qualify identifiers with owner names in the SQL statements it generates. If you set the SQLQualifiers parameter to 1, DataWindow Designer qualifies identifiers with an owner name in SQL statements.

Examples

Example 1

To specify that you want DataWindow Designer to qualify identifiers with owner names in SQL statements: