Re: Requirements for update languages?
From: David Cressey <david_at_dcressey.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 16:36:26 GMT
Message-ID: <euuB9.267$0I3.27200_at_petpeeve.ziplink.net>
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 16:36:26 GMT
Message-ID: <euuB9.267$0I3.27200_at_petpeeve.ziplink.net>
> Or, to put it in more usual terminology, 'additional database executed
> updates' should be seen as a *part of * the users transaction and be
*visible*
> as part those transactions. As an example, see my post some time ago on
how
> referential actions (like 'on delete cascade') should be seen as part of
the
> macro expansion of statements such as DELETE.
Are there any major DB systems that don't work this way?