SET PAUSE

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SET PAUSE

Class

Recital Terminal Developer Environment


Purpose

Enable or disable screen pauses for the Recital/SQL SELECT statement


Syntax

SET PAUSE ON | OFF | (<expL>)


See Also

DISPLAY, LIST, SET SQL


Description

The SET PAUSE ON command causes the Recital/SQL SELECT command to pause after every screen of output until a key is pressed to continue, or the [ABANDON] key is pressed to cancel. When SET PAUSE is off, records retrieved with the Recital/SQL SELECT command scroll continuously until the last record is displayed.


Example

use accounts
set pause on
set sql on
select * from accounts;

Products

Recital Terminal Developer