Abstract :
The third major generation of the standard for the SQL database language, known as SQL3, is nearing completion. Many significant new features have been added to SQL, both in areas traditionally addressed by SQL and in pursuit of adding object technology to the language. The standard has been partitioned into a number of distinct parts, each of which may progress at its own rate. Publication of SQL3 as a replacement for the current version of the standard, SQL-92, is expected no sooner than 1998
Keywords :
SQL; abstract data types; object-oriented languages; query languages; relational databases; Persistent Stored Modules; SQL database language; SQL databases; SQL3; call-level interface; global transaction managers; object technology; routine-invocation interface; temporal data; Computer interfaces; Data security; Database languages; Energy management; Query processing; Spatial databases; Standards publication; Transaction databases; Utility programs;
