The SAP MaxDB database system supports different SQL language variants (SQL modes).
Name |
Description |
---|---|
INTERNAL |
SAP MaxDB SQL definition |
ORACLE |
ORACLE 7 SQL definition |
For Data Definition Language (DDL) statements, the database system supports SQL modes other than INTERNAL only to a limited extent.
When you open a database session, you can specify the SQL mode. The default value is INTERNAL.
If nothing else is specified, the documentation describes the SQL statements available in the INTERNAL SQL mode: SQL Syntax.