Specialized SQL commands allow you to use a single command for
many common tasks that would otherwise take several commands. The
routine SQL_OneValue for instance executes a query and pulls a single
column out of the first row and returns it.
Some specialized SQL commands are also dictionary-aware, so that the
command SQLX_UpdateOrInsert will try to find a row based on the table's
primary key, and will also only issue commands for columns that it
recognizes.
Generous use of Specialized SQL Commands is one of the ways to make
the most of Andromeda, there is a command for most any common operation
you want to perform.