Re: building sets in SQL92

From: --CELKO-- <joe.celko_at_trilogy.com>
Date: 18 Jun 2001 12:21:18 -0700
Message-ID: <7e67a7b3.0106181121.52371b4a@posting.google.com>

>> Incidentally, I know the official SQL standards from 1989 onwards
are
not freely available 'for copyright reasons' <<

ANSI Makes its money from membership fees; ISO makes its money from the sale of printed documents. ANSI is a member of ISO and has some limitations on what it can do. The United States has been pushing for posting Standards on websites for year, but has been opposed by ISO.

>> I cannot get the 1986 standard from

http://case50.ncsl.nist.gov/sql-86, which loads of webpages seem to point to. It keeps asking for a password - anonymous doesn't work - does anybody know? Is it supposed to be restricted? <<

Yes, it is. Received on Mon Jun 18 2001 - 14:21:18 CDT