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SQL Data Definition Language Syntax and Examples

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June 2025
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SQL Reference
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B035-1144-200K
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REPLACE { specific_method_clause | method_clause } 
  EXTERNAL [ NAME { external_method_name | , item_list [ delimiter... ] , } ] [;]
specific_method_clause
SPECIFIC METHOD [SYSUDTLIB.]specific_method_name
method_clause
[ INSTANCE | CONSTRUCTOR ] METHOD [SYSUDTLIB.]method_name
    ( [ parameter_name ] { data_type | [SYSUDTLIB.]UDT_name } [ AS LOCATOR ] )
    FOR [SYSUDTLIB.] UDT_name
item_list
{ S | C } S_or_C_item
data_type
{ INTEGER | SMALLINT | BIGINT | BYTEINT | DATE |

  { TIME | TIMESTAMP } [ (fractional_seconds_precision) ] [WITH TIME ZONE] |

  INTERVAL YEAR [(precision)] [TO MONTH] |

  INTERVAL MONTH [(precision)] |

  INTERVAL DAY [(precision)]
    [TO { HOUR | MINUTE | SECOND [(fractional_seconds_precision)] }] |

  INTERVAL HOUR [(precision)]
    [TO { MINUTE | SECOND [(fractional_seconds_precision)] }] |

  INTERVAL MINUTE [(precision)] [TO SECOND [(fractional_seconds_precision)]] |

  INTERVAL SECOND [ ( precision [, fractional_seconds_precision ] ) |

  PERIOD (DATE) |

  PERIOD ( { TIME | TIMESTAMP } [(precision)] [WITH TIME ZONE] ) |

  REAL |

  DOUBLE PRECISION |

  FLOAT [ (integer) ] |

  NUMBER [ ( { integer | *} [, integer]... ) ] |

  { DECIMAL | NUMERIC } [ ( integer [, integer]... ) ] |

  { CHAR | BYTE | GRAPHIC } [ (integer) ] |

  { VARCHAR | CHAR VARYING | VARBYTE | VARGRAPHIC } [ (integer) ] |

  LONG VARCHAR |

  LONG VARGRAPHIC |

  { BINARY LARGE OBJECT | BLOB | CHARACTER LARGE OBJECT | CLOB }
    ( integer [ G | K | M ] ) |

  { XML | XMLTYPE } |

  JSON [ ( integer ) ] [ CHARACTER SET { UNICODE | LATIN } ] |

  [SYSUDTLIB.] { UDT_name | ST_Geometry | MBR | ARRAY_name | VARRAY_name }
}
S_or_C_item
{ I delimiter name_on_server delimiter include_name |
  L delimiter library_name |
  O delimiter name_on_server delimiter object_name |
  S delimiter name_on_server delimiter source_name
}