Single row SELECT

Informix®

With Informix, you must use the system table with a condition on the table id:

SELECT user FROM systables WHERE tabid=1 

SAP ASE

With SAP® ASE, you can omit the FROM clause to generate one row only:
SELECT user

Solution

Check the BDL sources for "FROM systables WHERE tabid=1" and use dynamic SQL to resolve this problem.

Consider writing a FUNCTION which produces the FROM and WHERE part, depending on the target database type.