CREATE CONTRACT

Create a contract in the database.

Syntax:
      CREATE CONTRACT contract  [AUTHORIZATION owner ]
         ( {{message_type_name | [DEFAULT ] }
           SENT BY { INITIATOR | TARGET | ANY }
            } [ ,...n] )  [;]

Key:
   contract          Name of the contract
   owner        Owner of the contract(database user or role)
   message_type_name Name of a message type to be included as part of the contract. 

A contract must allow the initiator to send a message, the statement will fail if the contract does not contain at least one message type that is SENT BY ANY or SENT BY INITIATOR.

Example

CREATE CONTRACT          
    [//ss64.com/Sales/ContractSale]         
    ( [//ss64.com/Sales/SubmitOrder]         
          SENT BY INITIATOR,                 
      [//ss64.com/Sales/ApproveOrder]         
          SENT BY TARGET         
    ) ;

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Related Commands:

DROP CONTRACT