Purpose
Identifies the point at which BTEQ resumes processing, as specified in a previous GOTO command.
Syntax
| Command | Shorthand |
|---|---|
| LABEL | LB |
where the following is true:
- labelname
- The user-defined name of the statement.The labelname value can be composed of any combination of the letters A..Z (upper or lower), the 0..9 numeric digits and underscores. Only the first 30 characters are significant. Special characters '$' and '#' are also accepted but may be subject to misinterpretation for scripts that are to be preprocessed by shell languages.
Usage Notes
The LABEL command identifies the target of a GOTO statement.
The LABEL command cannot be used in an SQL macro.
Example – LABEL
The following command example specifies OCCUPATION as the name of the statement at which BTEQ resumes processing as specified in a previous GOTO command:
.LABEL OCCUPATION