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RDB/VMS SQL PRINT — VMS RDB_4.1_M

 Use the PRINT statement in an SQL command procedure to display a
 message on the terminal in interactive SQL.

 PRINT -+-> literal --+--> ;
        +----- , <----+

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literal

 The characters you want displayed to the user during execution
 of the command procedure.  Enclose the characters in each
 literal with quotation marks.

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 Use a comma to separate two or more literals.  A comma used as a
 separator is not displayed to the user when the command
 procedure executes.

 To display a comma as part of a literal, include the comma
 inside the quotation marks enclosing the literal.

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