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<h1><i>SHSQL Handbook</i></h1>
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<a href="shsql_overview.html">Overview</a>
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="http://quisp.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/quisp?rtn=index">Live demo</a>
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="http://quisp.sourceforge.net/download/">Download</a> 
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="http://quisp.sourceforge.net/whatsnew.html">What's new</a> 
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<li> <a href="support.html">Installing, troubleshooting, support</a>
<li> <a href="specs.html">Specs and limitations at-a-glance</a>
<li> <a href="project_setup.html">Creating a SHSQL database</a>
<li> <a href="project_setup.html#examples">Trying some examples locally</a>
<li> <a href="https://sourceforge.net/donate/index.php?group_id=59531">Make a donation via Paypal</a>
<li> SHSQL command line programs 
<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="shsql.1.html">shsql(1)</a> &nbsp; <small>command line SQL tool</small>
<br> &nbsp;  &nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="tabdef.1.html">tabdef(1)</a> &nbsp; <small>show table field names and indexes</small>
<br> &nbsp;  &nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="dataedit.1.html">dataedit(1)</a> &nbsp; <small>invoke your text editor on a SHSQL table</small>
<br> &nbsp;  &nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="tabmaint.1.html">tabmaint(1)</a> &nbsp; <small>perform clean up and index rebuild on a table</small>
<li><a href="api.html">C language API</a>
<li><a href="environment.html">Environment</a> 

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<br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="temptables.html">Temporary tables</a>
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<li> <a href="indexes.html">Indexes</a>
<li> <a href="recordlocking.html">Record locking</a>
<li> <a href="tablelocking.html">Table locking</a>
<li> <a href="sequences.html">Sequences</a>
<li> <a href="logs.html">Transaction and error logs</a>
<li> <a href="security.html">Security issues</a>
<li> <a href="config.html">Config file</a> &nbsp; <small>for setting working parameters</small>
<li> <a href="manip.html">Manipulating shsql databases</a>
<li> <a href="errorcodes.html">Common error codes</a>

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<li>SHSQL queries and commands:
<br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="syntax.html">General syntax notes</a>
<br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="select.html">SELECT</a> 
<br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="join.html">JOIN</a>
<br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="iud.html">INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE</a> 
<br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="whereclause.html">More on WHERE clauses</a> 
<br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="null.html">More on NULL</a> 
<br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="create.html">CREATE</a> &nbsp; <small>table or index</small>
<br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="drop.html">DROP</a> &nbsp; <small>table or index</small>
<br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="alter.html">ALTER</a> &nbsp; <small>add or remove fields from a table</small>

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<li>SHSQL extensions:
<br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="multiword.html">The CONTAINS text comparison operator</a>
<br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="identity.html">IDENTITY</a> 
<br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="createstream.html">CREATE STREAM</a> 
<br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="sqlmode.html">SQLMODE</a> 
<br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="maint.html">MAINTAIN</a>

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<li>Related packages:
<br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="../../qman/html/quisp_home.html">QUISP</a>
<br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="http://quisp.sourceforge.net/tdhkit">TDHkit</a>

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<li> Author and copyright:
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<br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="http://ploticus.sourceforge.net/steve.html">Author - Steve Grubb &nbsp; More free software</a>


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