Semicolon Statement Terminator

The ; (semicolon) statement terminator signals the end of a command; for example:

SELECT "SAMPLE" "BASIC"; 

If you omit some optional parameters and do not use a semicolon to end the list, ESSCMD looks for the remaining values in the next command in the file, leading to unpredictable results.

The SETAPPSTATE and SETDBSTATE commands, defined in the Oracle Essbase Technical Reference, are examples of commands that you should terminate with a semicolon to prevent confusion in processing.

Note:

All syntax examples in this chapter use quotation marks and semicolon terminators.