.FKCOLN Macro

Repeats a statement for each foreign key column in a table.

Syntax

.FKCOLN("statement","prefix","suffix","last_suffix")

Argument

Description

statement

Statement to repeat for each column

prefix

Prefix for each new line

suffix

Suffix for each new line

last suffix

Suffix for the last line

Example

In a trigger for the table TITLEAUTHOR, the following macro:

message .FKCOLN("'%COLUMN% is a foreign key column'","",",",";")

generates the following trigger script:

message 'AU_ID is a foreign key column,
TITLE_ISBN is a foreign key column;'
Note: For columns, the macro FKCOLN only accepts the variable %COLUMN%.