Appendix B. Characteristics of SQL statements

This appendix contains information on the characteristics of SQL statements pertaining to various places where they are used.

• Actions allowed on SQL statements shows whether an SQL statement can be executed, prepared interactively or dynamically, and whether the statement is processed by the requester, the server, or the precompiler.
• SQL statement data access indication in routines shows the level of SQL data access that must be specified to use the SQL statement in a routine.
• Considerations for using distributed relational database provides information about the use of SQL statements when the application server is not the same as the application requester.