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1.1       root        1: .th HELP QUEL 2/21/79
                      2: .sh NAME
                      3: help \- get information about how to use \*(II or about relations in the database.
                      4: .sh SYNOPSIS
                      5: .bd help 
                      6: [
                      7: relname
                      8: ] [
                      9: "section"
                     10: ] 
                     11: {, relname}{, "section"}
                     12: .br
                     13: .bd "help view"
                     14: relname {, relname}
                     15: .br
                     16: .bd "help permit" 
                     17: relname {, relname}
                     18: .br
                     19: .bd "help integrity"
                     20: relname {, relname}
                     21: .sh DESCRIPTION
                     22: .it Help 
                     23: may be used to obtain sections of
                     24: this manual, information on the content of the current data base,
                     25: information about specific relations in the data base, view definitions,
                     26: or protection and integrity constraints on a relation.
                     27: The legal forms are as follow:
                     28: .s3
                     29: .if n .in +5
                     30: .if t .in +.5i
                     31: .de xx
                     32: .if n .ti -5
                     33: .if t .ti -.5i
                     34: ..
                     35: .xx
                     36: .bd "help ""\c"
                     37: .it section \c
                     38: .bd """"
                     39: \- Produces a copy of the specified section of the
                     40: \*(II Reference Manual, and prints it on the standard output
                     41: device.
                     42: .xx
                     43: .bd help
                     44: \-  Gives information about all relations that exist in the
                     45: current database.
                     46: .xx
                     47: .bd help
                     48: .it "relname {, relname}"
                     49: \- Gives information about the
                     50: specified relations.
                     51: .xx
                     52: .bd "help ""\*|"""
                     53: \- Gives the table of contents.
                     54: .xx
                     55: .bd "help view"
                     56: .it "relname {, relname}"
                     57: \- Prints view definitions of specified views.
                     58: .xx
                     59: .bd "help permit"
                     60: .it "relname {, relname}"
                     61: \- Prints permissions on specified relations.
                     62: .xx
                     63: .bd "help integrity"
                     64: .it "relname {, relname}"
                     65: \- Prints integrity constraints on specified relations.
                     66: .if n .in -5
                     67: .if t .in -.5i
                     68: .s3
                     69: The 
                     70: .bd permit
                     71: and 
                     72: .bd integrity
                     73: forms print out unique identifiers for each constraint.
                     74: These identifiers may be used to 
                     75: remove
                     76: the constraints with the
                     77: .it destroy 
                     78: statement.
                     79: .sh EXAMPLE
                     80: help
                     81: .br
                     82: help help  /\*(** prints this page of the manual \*(**/
                     83: .br
                     84: help quel
                     85: .br
                     86: help emp
                     87: .br
                     88: help emp, parts, "help", supply
                     89: .br
                     90: help view overp_view
                     91: .br
                     92: help permit parts, employee
                     93: .br
                     94: help integrity parts, employee
                     95: .br
                     96: .i0
                     97: .sh "SEE ALSO"
                     98: destroy(quel)
                     99: .sh BUGS
                    100: Alphabetics appearing within the
                    101: section name
                    102: must be in lower-case to be recognized.

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