Specifications

Using SQL Select
168 InfoMaker
Selecting columns
You can click each column you want to include from the table representations
in the Table Layout view. InfoMaker highlights selected columns and places
them in the Selection List at the top of the SQL Select painter.
❖ To reorder the selected columns:
• Drag a column in the Selection List with the mouse. Release the mouse
button when the column is in the proper position in the list.
❖ To select all columns from a table:
• Move the pointer to the table name and select Select All from the pop-up
menu.
❖ To include computed columns:
1 Click the Compute tab to make the Compute view available (or select
View>Compute if the Compute view is not currently displayed).
Each row in the Compute view is a place for entering an expression that
defines a computed column.
2 Enter one of the following:
• An expression for the computed column. For example:
salary/12
• A function supported by your DBMS. For example, the following is a
SQL Anywhere function:
substr("employee"."emp_fname",1,2)
You can display the pop-up menu for any row in the Compute view. Using
the pop-up menu, you can select and paste the following into the
expression:
• Names of columns in the tables used in the report, form, or pipeline
• Any retrieval arguments you have specified
• Functions supported by the DBMS
About these functions
The functions listed here are provided by your DBMS. They are not
InfoMaker functions. This is so because you are now defining a
SELECT statement that will be sent to your DBMS for processing.