Re: New RDBMS implementation

On Thu, 6 May 2004 18:45:25 +0300, "x" <x-false_at_yahoo.com> wrote:

>> I said that the "single statement transactions" would be the default
>> behavior, not the only.
>>
>> It would be a problem if you had to build a huge statement.
>
>It would also be a problem if you had to mix the two languages
>in one transaction (even it is short ).

I don't understand this. Can you write an example?

>> Can you imagine a business relational database without real relvars
>> and views?
>
>Do you say one cannot mix a pure functional database language
>with a RDBMS that has relvars and views ?

Yes.

>I thought the whole idea of a "pure" functional language is
>the lack of side effects ( functions are functions, not procedures)

The lack of side effects implies the elimination of variables, and real relvars and views are variables. A database is also a variable.

Regards
  Alfredo Received on Thu May 06 2004 - 18:55:00 CEST