Re: Use of the term "hierarchy"

From: Marshall Spight <marshall.spight_at_gmail.com>
Date: 29 Aug 2005 08:16:39 -0700
Message-ID: <1125328599.315230.89330_at_o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>


Kenneth Downs wrote:
>
> It seems the whole point of an invented table-column-oriented query is to
> search in a wider scope, no? If you don't want that then narrow the scope:
>
> Select *.employee
> FROM (table1, table2, table)
> WHERE project_start < '2005-11-15'
>
> When you have completely disambiguated your query you are back to
> conventional SQL.

Interesting!

I'm still a bit skittish about the idea of "seach" within a schema, but this example puts a different light on it.

Marshall Received on Mon Aug 29 2005 - 17:16:39 CEST

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