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ALLOW-HYPHEN

Enables the preprocessor to allow hyphens in SQL identifiers.

Syntax:

[NO]ALLOW-HYPHEN

Parameters:

None

Properties:

Default:

NOALLOW-HYPHEN

Comments:

This directive is only supported in version DB2 V7 or later. Before DB2 V7, hyphens were not allowed in SQL identifiers and caused the token to be flagged as an error.