Re: SQL, Space, and Time
From: Joe Celko <71062.1056_at_compuserve.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 20:09:27 GMT
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Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 20:09:27 GMT
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>> Are there efforts underway to incorporate standard spatial and
temporal data types and operators in SQL? <<
Yes, but I do not expect to see anything come of it. You might want to get Rick Snodgrrass' book from Morgan-Kaufmann Publishers about temporal data in SQL. Lots of good programming tricks.
--CELKO--
Joe Celko, SQL Guru & DBA at Trilogy
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