| 4GL Language Reference Empress v8.62 January 2003 (Unix only)
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  Part #: 001-03-C4-110

  This manual is a technical reference to all Empress 4GL statements and functions.

  ## Table of Contents

  ### CHAPTER 1: Introduction

  | 1.1 | Conventions
  | 1.2 | System Global Variables
  | 1.3 | The NULL Keyword
  | 1.4 | Reserved Keywords
  | 1.5 | Operators
  | 1.6 | Functions
  | 1.7 | Expressions
  | 1.8 | Data Types
  | 1.9 | Command Summary Groups

  |  | 1.9.1 | Variable Declarations
  |  | 1.9.2 | Control Statements
  |  | 1.9.3 | Database Statements
  |  | 1.9.4 | System Functions
  |  | 1.9.5 | Administrative Functions

  | 1.10 | Script Definition
  | 1.11 | Database Operations

  ### CHAPTER 2: Empress 4GL Statements