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ASA SQL Reference
  SQL Statements

FORWARD TO statement


Description 

Use this statement to send native syntax SQL statements to a remote server.

Syntax 1 

FORWARD TO server-name SQL-statement

Syntax 2 

FORWARD TO [ server-name ]

Usage 

The FORWARD TO statement enables users to specify the server to which a passthrough connection is required. The statement can be used in two ways:

When establishing a connection to server-name on behalf of the user, the server uses:

If the connection cannot be made to the server specified, the reason is contained in a message returned to the user.

After statements are passed to the requested server, any results are converted into a form that can be recognized by the client program.

server-name    The name of the remote server.

SQL-statement    A command in the native SQL syntax of the remote server. The command or group of commands is enclosed in curly brackets ({}).

Permissions 

None

Side effects 

The remote connection is set to AUTOCOMMIT (unchained) mode for the duration of the FORWARD TO session. Any work that was pending prior to the FORWARD TO statement is automatically committed.

Standards and compatibility 
Example 

The following example shows a passthrough session with the remote server ase_prod:

FORWARD TO aseprod
SELECT * from titles
SELECT * from authors
FORWARD TO

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