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Defining data types in a database language

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ACM SIGMOD Record archive
Volume 17 , Issue 2 (June 1988) table of contents

Pages: 53 - 76

Year of Publication: 1988

ISSN:0163-5808

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C. J. Date

Codd and Date International, 6489 Camden Avenue, #109, San Jose, Calif.

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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ABSTRACT

The question of defining data types in a database language is examined. In order to illustrate the general ideas and make them more concrete, the specific case of adding support for dates and times to the database language SQL is considered in detail.

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