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DIRECTIVES

Causes the SQL Option preprocessor to read the preprocessor directives contained in a separate user-created directives file or in the EXEC SQL options specified in the Build settings.

Syntax:

NODIRECTIVES
or

DIRECTIVES=filename

Parameters:

filename

Name of file to get preprocessor directives from

Properties:

Default:

NODIRECTIVES

Comments:

When you specify NODIRECTIVES, the system uses only preprocessor directives set in Build settings.

The filename parameter can include a full path, or an environment variable pointing to a path.