CONTENTS

  Title Page

  Copyright Page

  Preface

  1      DECquery Basics

  1.1     About DECquery

  1.2     About Relational Databases

  1.3     Getting Started with DECquery for VMS
    1.3.1      Invoking DECquery for VMS
    1.3.2      Creating Your DECquery Database
    1.3.3      Defining a Database Logical Name
    1.3.4      Using a VAX TEAMDATA Database with DECquery

  1.4     Getting Started with DECquery for RISC/ULTRIX
    1.4.1      Invoking DECquery for ULTRIX
    1.4.2      Creating Your DECquery Database
    1.4.3      Defining a Database Environment Variable

  1.5     Using Your DECquery Window

  1.6     Getting Help
    1.6.1      On Context
    1.6.2      On Window and On Help
    1.6.3      Tips on Using Help
    1.6.4      Using DECquery Help on a Remote VMS System

  1.7     DECquery Main Menu Functions

  1.8     Working with DECquery Tables
    1.8.1      Creating Tables
    1.8.2      Querying Data
    1.8.3      Reporting
    1.8.4      Organizing Tables by Folders

  1.9     Using the Command Region

  1.10    Using Macros

  1.11    Sharing Data
    1.11.1     Sharing Data within DECquery
    1.11.2     Sharing Data with Other Products

  1.12    Exiting from DECquery

  2      DECquery Overview

  2.1     Using Queries and Record Selection Expressions

  2.2     Summary of DECquery Operations

  2.3     Tutorial

  FIGURES

  1-1        Personnel Current_Salary Table

  1-2        The Initial DECquery Display

  1-3        A Typical DECquery Table

  2-1        Sample Table from a Relational Database