Invalid ABL within a user-defined class

Several ABL statements have been identified as deprecated (obsolete) language features. The life-cycle of products and features are identified in the OpenEdge 10 Platform and "Product Availability Guide" available on the Progress Software Corporation Web site: http://communities.progress.com/pcom/docs/DOC-105512.

The product direction states that applications using these languages elements will continue to function but it is strongly recommended that applications should stop using these features. In addition, the guide identifies that these features will not get bug fixes or any enhancements.

From these ABL deprecated features, classes do not support the following language elements at all. If the compiler encounters any one of these statements in a class, it generates an error:

Support for SQL within ABL:

ALTER TABLE statement

CLOSE statement

CREATE INDEX statement

CREATE SCHEMA statement

CREATE TABLE statement

CREATE VIEW statement

DECLARE CURSOR statement

DELETE FROM statement

DROP INDEX statement

DROP TABLE statement

DROP VIEW statement

FETCH statement

GRANT statement

INSERT INTO statement

OPEN statement

REVOKE statement

SELECT statement

UNION statement

UPDATE statement

CHOOSE statement

EDITING phrase in UPDATE, SET, PROMPT-FOR statements

GATEWAYS function

GO-PENDING function

IS-ATTR-SPACE function

PUT SCREEN statement

SCROLL statement