Empress Software 4GL Language Reference
Empress v8.62
May 2006

(Unix only)

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This manual is a technical reference to all Empress 4GL statements and functions.


Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1: Introduction

1.1 Conventions
1.2 System Global Variables
1.3 The NULL Keyword
1.4 Reserved Keywords
1.5 Expressions
1.6 Data Types
1.7 Command Summary Groups

1.7.1 Variable Declarations
1.7.2 Control Statements
1.7.3 Database Statements
1.7.4 System Functions
1.7.5 Administrative Functions

1.8 Script Definition
1.9 Database Operations

CHAPTER 2: Empress 4GL Statements