Takes a Transact-SQL statement and rewrites it in the Watcom-SQL dialect. This can be useful when converting existing Adaptive Server Enterprise stored procedures into Watcom SQL syntax.

Syntax

WATCOMSQL( sql-statement-string )

Parameters

Returns

LONG VARCHAR

See also

• SQLDIALECT function [Miscellaneous]
• TRANSACTSQL function [Miscellaneous]

Standards and compatibility

Example

The following statement returns the string 'SELECT empl_name AS EmployeeName FROM Employees'.

SELECT WATCOMSQL( 'SELECT EmployeeName=empl_name FROM Employees' ) FROM dummy;