Re: Yet another relational programming language
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:36:29 -0700 (PDT)
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On Aug 25, 1:02 pm, Troels Arvin <tro..._at_arvin.dk> wrote:
> Vadim Tropashko wrote:
> >http://vadimtropashko.wordpress.com/relational-programming-with-qbql/
>
> I must admit that relational lattices sound rather scary to me; but maybe
> some further reading on the subject could cure that.
>
> The concept of infinite sets is interesting. Has this ever been tried in
> relational databases before? Once in a while I've found myself in a
> situation where I would like to join with a virtual table defined by some
> function/iterator which can generate working days (i.e. not holidays,
> Saturdays and Sundays), but that seems like a no-go in all DBMSes I've
> seen (unless I've overlooked something).
As for virtual tables, those are SQL table functions? Kludgy, (like the rest of the SQL) but working? Received on Tue Aug 25 2009 - 22:36:29 CEST