1*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<helpdocument version="1.0"> 3*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 4*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<!--*********************************************************** 5*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 6*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 7*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 8*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * distributed with this work for additional information 9*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 10*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 11*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 12*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * with the License. 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See the License for the 20*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * specific language governing permissions and limitations 21*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * under the License. 22*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 23*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski ***********************************************************--> 24*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 25*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 26*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 27*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 28*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<meta> 29*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <topic id="textsharedguidedata_enter_sqlxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 30*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Executing SQL Commands</title> 31*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <filename>/text/shared/guide/data_enter_sql.xhp</filename> 32*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </topic> 33*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </meta> 34*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <body> 35*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3152801"><bookmark_value>SQL; executing SQL commands</bookmark_value> 36*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>queries;creating in SQL view</bookmark_value> 37*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>commands;SQL</bookmark_value> 38*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>executing SQL commands</bookmark_value> 39*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</bookmark><comment>mw changed "SQL;executing commands"</comment><comment>mw made "executing;" a one level entry</comment> 40*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3152801" role="heading" level="1" l10n="U" 41*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski oldref="67"><variable id="data_enter_sql"><link href="text/shared/guide/data_enter_sql.xhp" name="Executing SQL Commands">Executing SQL Commands</link> 42*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</variable></paragraph> 43*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147008" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="68">With the help of SQL commands you can control the database directly, and can also create and edit tables and queries.</paragraph> 44*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153562" role="note" l10n="U" oldref="72">Not all database types support all SQL instructions. If necessary, find out which SQL commands are supported by your database system.</paragraph> 45*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id9577929" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">To execute an SQL statement directly</paragraph> 46*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <list type="ordered"> 47*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 48*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id7923825" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>File - Open</emph> to open a database file.</paragraph> 49*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 50*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 51*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id9448530" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>Tools - SQL</emph>.</paragraph> 52*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 53*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 54*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3151176" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="91">Click the <emph>Create Query in SQL View</emph> icon 55*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<image id="img_id3154071" src="res/commandimagelist/sc_dbnewquerysql.png" width="0.1862in" height="0.1862in"><alt xml-lang="en-US" id="alt_id3154071">Icon</alt> 56*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </image> or</paragraph> 57*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145786" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="92">Select an existing query from the list and click the <emph>Edit</emph> icon 58*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<image id="img_id3156212" src="res/commandimagelist/sc_dbqueryedit.png" width="0.2228in" height="0.2228in"><alt xml-lang="en-US" id="alt_id3156212">Icon</alt> 59*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </image>.</paragraph> 60*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 61*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 62*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3083443" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="94">In the <emph>Query</emph> window, choose <emph>View - Switch Design View On/Off</emph>. Edit the SQL command.</paragraph> 63*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 64*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 65*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3152460" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="96">Click the <emph>Run</emph> icon 66*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<image id="img_id3152886" src="res/commandimagelist/sc_sbanativesql.png" width="0.2228in" height="0.2228in"><alt xml-lang="en-US" id="alt_id3152886">Icon</alt> 67*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </image>. The result of the query is displayed in the upper window.</paragraph> 68*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 69*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 70*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149298" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="98">Click the <emph>Save</emph> or <emph>Save As</emph> icon 71*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<image id="img_id3153159" src="res/commandimagelist/sc_save.png" width="0.2228in" height="0.2228in"><alt xml-lang="en-US" id="alt_id3153159">Icon</alt> 72*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </image> to save the query.</paragraph> 73*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 74*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </list> 75*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <section id="relatedtopics"> 76*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153223" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="105"><link href="text/shared/explorer/database/02010100.xhp" name="Query Design">Query Design</link></paragraph> 77*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <embed href="text/shared/guide/database_main.xhp#database_main"/> 78*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </section> 79*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </body> 80*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</helpdocument>