Statements

This document describes native Natural programming language (DML) statements and Natural SQL statements. It is organized under the following headings:

Statements Grouped by Function	Provides an overview of the Natural statements ordered by functional groups.
Syntax Symbols and Operand Definition Tables	Information on the symbols that are used within the diagrams that describe the syntax of Natural statements and on operand definition tables.
Using Natural SQL Statements	Describes rules specific to using Natural SQL statements.
Referenced Example Programs	Contains additional example programs that are referenced in the Statements and System Variables documentation.

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See also the Programming Guide for statement usage related topics such as: User-Defined Variables | Dynamic and Large Variables | User-Defined Constants | Report Specification | Text Notation | User Comments | Rules for Arithmetic Assignment | Logical Condition Criteria | Function Call

Statements in Alphabetical Order:

A - C	D - F	G - O	P - R	S - Z
`ACCEPT/REJECT` `ADD` `ASSIGN` `AT BREAK` `AT END OF DATA` `AT END OF PAGE` `AT START OF DATA` `AT TOP OF PAGE` `BACKOUT TRANSACTION` `BEFORE BREAK PROCESSING` `CALL` `CALL FILE` `CALL LOOP` `CALLDBPROC (SQL)` `CALLNAT` `CLOSE CONVERSATION` `CLOSE PC FILE` `CLOSE PRINTER` `CLOSE WORK FILE` `COMMIT (SQL)` `COMPOSE` `COMPRESS` `COMPUTE` `CREATE OBJECT`	`DECIDE FOR` `DECIDE ON` `DEFINE CLASS` `DEFINE DATA` `DEFINE FUNCTION` `DEFINE PRINTER` `DEFINE PROTOTYPE` `DEFINE SUBROUTINE` `DEFINE WINDOW` `DEFINE WORK FILE` `DELETE` `DELETE (SQL)` `DISPLAY` `DIVIDE` `DO/DOEND` `DOWNLOAD PC FILE` `EJECT` `END` `END TRANSACTION` `ESCAPE` `EXAMINE` `EXPAND` `FETCH` `FIND` `FOR` `FORMAT`	`GET` `GET SAME` `GET TRANSACTION DATA` `HISTOGRAM` `IF` `IF SELECTION` `IGNORE` `INCLUDE` `INPUT` `INSERT (SQL)` `INTERFACE` `LIMIT` `LOOP` `MERGE (SQL)` `METHOD` `MOVE` `MOVE INDEXED` `MULTIPLY` `NEWPAGE` `OBTAIN` `ON ERROR` `OPEN CONVERSATION` `OPTIONS`	`PARSE XML` `PASSW` `PERFORM` `PERFORM BREAK PROCESSING` `PRINT` `PROCESS` `PROCESS COMMAND` `PROCESS PAGE` `PROCESS SQL (SQL)` `PROPERTY` `READ` `READ RESULT SET (SQL)` `READ WORK FILE` `READLOB` `REDEFINE` `REDUCE` `REINPUT` `REJECT` `RELEASE` `REPEAT` `REQUEST DOCUMENT` `RESET` `RESIZE` `RETRY` `ROLLBACK (SQL)` `RUN`	`SELECT (SQL)` `SEND METHOD` `SEPARATE` `SET CONTROL` `SET GLOBALS` `SET KEY` `SET TIME` `SET WINDOW` `SKIP` `SORT` `STACK` `STOP` `STORE` `SUBTRACT` `SUSPEND IDENTICAL SUPPRESS` `TERMINATE` `UPDATE` `UPDATE (SQL)` `UPDATELOB` `UPLOAD PC FILE` `WRITE` `WRITE TITLE` `WRITE TRAILER` `WRITE WORK FILE`