option_string

Description

Specifies the general syntax and processing for option_string. Individual options are described in the functions that reference them.

Syntax

option_string ::= basic_character_expression 
option_string_value ::= option_and_value [ [,] option_and_value]
option_and_value ::= option_name = option_value 
option_name ::= simple_identifier
option_value ::= simple_identifier
	| quoted_string | integer_literal | float_literal | byte_literal
	| true | false | null

Parameters

option_string: is the string describing the option you want to specify.

simple_identifier: is the string that identifies the value of an option.

quoted_string: is the string formed using the normal SQL conventions for embedded quotation marks.

integer_literal: is the literal specified by normal SQL conventions.

float_literal: is the literal specified by normal SQL conventions.

true: is a Boolean literal.

false: is a Boolean literal.

null: is a null literal.

byte_literal: has the form 0xHH, where each H is a hexadecimal digit.

Usage

For option_string usage, see msgsend.