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<glossary id="glossary">
<note>
<para>This glossary is still very thinly populated, and not all
- references in the main text have been properly linked and
- coordinated with this glossary. This will hopefully change in
- future revisions.
+ references in the main text have been properly linked and
+ coordinated with this glossary. This will hopefully change in
+ future revisions.
</para>
</note>
+ <glossentry id="gloss-attribute">
+ <glossterm>Attribute</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>
+ A property of objects stored in a database table. Attributes are
+ represented as columns (or fields) in a table.
+ </para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
<glossentry>
<glossterm>Active database</glossterm>
<glosssee otherterm="gloss-database-object" />
<glossterm>Connection</glossterm>
<glosssee otherterm="gloss-database-object" />
</glossentry>
- <glossentry>
+ <!-- glossentry>
<glossterm>Closed Database</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
which don't include objects which are closed database.
</para>
</glossdef>
+ </glossentry -->
+ <glossentry>
+ <glossterm>Column</glossterm>
+ <glosssee otherterm="gloss-attribute" />
+ </glossentry>
+ <glossentry id="gloss-ddl">
+ <glossterm>Data Definition Language (<acronym>DDL</acronym>)
+ </glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>
+ The subset of SQL used for defining and examining the
+ structure of a database.
+ </para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ <glossentry id="gloss-dml">
+ <glossterm>Data Manipulation Language (<acronym>DML</acronym>)
+ </glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>
+ The subset of SQL used for inserting, deleting, updating and
+ fetching data in a database.
+ </para>
+ </glossdef>
</glossentry>
<glossentry>
<glossterm>database</glossterm>
<glosssee otherterm="gloss-database-object" />
</glossentry>
+ <glossentry id="gloss-database-object">
+ <glossterm>Database Object</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>An object of type <type>database</type>.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ <glossentry>
+ <glossterm>Field</glossterm>
+ <glosssee otherterm="gloss-attribute" />
+ </glossentry>
+ <glossentry id="gloss-field-types">
+ <glossterm>Field Types Specifier</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>A value that specifies the type of each field in a query.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
<glossentry id="gloss-ffi">
<glossterm>Foreign Function Interface
-
(<acronym>FFI</acronym>)
+ (<acronym>FFI</acronym>)
</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
- <glossentry id="gloss-database-object">
- <glossterm>Database Object</glossterm>
+ <glossentry id="gloss-query">
+ <glossterm>Query</glossterm>
<glossdef>
- <para>An object of type <type>database</type>.</para>
+ <para>
+ An SQL statement which returns a set of results.
+ </para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
- <glossentry id="gloss-field-types">
- <glossterm>Field Types Specifier</glossterm>
+ <glossentry>
+ <glossterm>RDBMS</glossterm>
<glossdef>
- <para>A value that specifies the type of each field in a query.</para>
+ <para>
+ A Relational DataBase Management System
+ (<acronym>RDBMS</acronym>) is a software package for managing
+ a database in which the data is defined, organised and
+ accessed as rows and columns of a table.
+ </para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ <glossentry id="gloss-record">
+ <glossterm>Record</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>
+ A sequence of attribute values stored in a database table.
+ </para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
+ <glossentry>
+ <glossterm>Row</glossterm>
+ <glosssee otherterm="gloss-record" />
+ </glossentry>
<glossentry id="gloss-sql">
<glossterm>Structured Query Language
-
(<acronym>SQL</acronym>)
+ (<acronym>SQL</acronym>)
</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
- An ANSI standard language for storing and retrieving data
- in a relational database.
+ An ANSI standard language for storing and retrieving data
+ in a relational database.
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
<glossterm>SQL Expression</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>Either a string containing a valid SQL statement, or
- an object of type <type>sql-expression</type>.
- <note>
- <para>This has not been implemented yet, so only strings
- are valid SQL expressions for the moment.
- </para>
- </note>
+ an object of type <type>sql-expression</type>.
+ <!-- note>
+ <para>This has not been implemented yet, so only strings
+ are valid SQL expressions for the moment.
+ </para>
+ </note -->
+ </para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ <glossentry id="gloss-table">
+ <glossterm>Table</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>
+ A collection of data which is defined, stored and accessed as
+ tuples of attribute values (i.e., rows and columns).
+ </para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ <glossentry id="gloss-transaction">
+ <glossterm>Transaction</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>
+ An atomic unit of one or more SQL statements of which all or none are
+ successfully executed.
+ </para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ <glossentry>
+ <glossterm>Tuple</glossterm>
+ <glosssee otherterm="gloss-record" />
+ </glossentry>
+ <glossentry id="gloss-view">
+ <glossterm>View</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>
+ A table display whose structure and content are derived from an
+ existing table via a query.
+ </para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ <glossentry id="gloss-view-class">
+ <glossterm>View Class</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>
+ The class <function>standard-db-object</function> or one of
+ its subclasses.
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
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