Professional SQL Server Analysis Services 2005 with MDX (Programmer to Programmer)

Symbols

< > (angle brackets)

enclosing alias names, 75

as MDX comparison operators, 80

* (asterisk)

as arithmetic operator, 79

for MDX comments, 79

as set operator, 79-80

as unary operator, 218

[] (brackets)

in MDX syntax, 70

in member names, 65

: (colon) as MDX operator, 81

, (commas)

as MDX operators, 80

in tuple representations, 68

{} (curly braces) as MDX operators, 80

= (equals sign) as MDX comparison operator, 80

− (hyphen or minus sign)

as arithmetic operator, 79

for MDX comments, 79

as set operator, 79

as unary operator, 218, 219

() (parentheses)

enclosing tuples, 68

simple tuples and, 69

+ (plus sign)

as arithmetic operator, 79

as set operator, 79

as unary operator, 218, 219, 222

? (question mark) in parameterized queries, 350

; (semicolon) separating statements in MDX scripts, 182

/ (slash)

as arithmetic operator, 79

for MDX comments, 79

as unary operator, 218

~ (tilde) as unary operator, 218, 219, 220, 222