DEFINE statement

The DEFINE statement can be used to specify authentication access and behaviour, global parameters, table configurations, table events, schema definitions, and indexes.

Statement syntax

DEFINE [
	NAMESPACE @name
	| DATABASE @name
	| LOGIN @name ON [ NAMESPACE | DATABASE ] [ PASSWORD @pass | PASSHASH @hash ]
	| TOKEN @name ON [ NAMESPACE | DATABASE | SCOPE @scope ] TYPE @type VALUE @value
	| SCOPE @name
		[ SESSION @duration ]
		[ SIGNUP @expression ]
		[ SIGNIN @expression ]
	| TABLE @name
		[ DROP ]
		[ SCHEMAFULL | SCHEMALESS ]
		[ AS SELECT @projections
			FROM @tables
			[ WHERE @condition ]
			[ GROUP [ BY ] @groups ]
		]
		[ PERMISSIONS [ NONE | FULL
			| FOR select @expression
			| FOR create @expression
			| FOR update @expression
			| FOR delete @expression
		] ]
	| EVENT @name ON [ TABLE ] @table WHEN @expression THEN @expression
	| FIELD @name ON [ TABLE ] @table
		[ TYPE @type ]
		[ VALUE @expression ]
		[ ASSERT @expression ]
		[ PERMISSIONS [ NONE | FULL
			| FOR select @expression
			| FOR create @expression
			| FOR update @expression
			| FOR delete @expression
		] ]
	| INDEX @name ON [ TABLE ] @table [ FIELDS | COLUMNS ] @fields [ UNIQUE ]
]