On 2 Aug 2002, Hannu Krosing wrote: > Could you point me to some pure relational languages ? > Preferrably not pure academic at the same time ;)
The QUEL and PostQUEL languages used in Ingres and the old Postgres were rather more "relational" than SQL. > BTW, what other parts of SQL do you consider non-relational (and thus > candidates for dropping) ? I have nothing particular in mind right now. Also, note that merely being non-relational does not make a language element a candidate for dropping. If lots of other databases implement a feature, it would be silly to destroy compatability for the sake of theory. cjs -- Curt Sampson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> +81 90 7737 2974 http://www.netbsd.org Don't you know, in this new Dark Age, we're all light. --XTC ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html
