.PKCOLN Macro

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

Syntax

.PKCOLN("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 .PKCOLN("'%COLUMN% is a primary key column'","",",",";")

generates the following trigger script:

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