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The SAP MaxDB database system supports different SQL language variants (SQL modes)

SQL Modes

Name

Description

INTERNAL

Internal SAP MaxDB SQL definition

ORACLE

Definition ORACLE 7

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.

Note Note

If nothing else is specified, the documentation describes the functionality available in the INTERNAL SQL mode.

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