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Revision 2 (04/26) RELATIONAL DATABASE DOMAINS



 

Table of Contents

 Introduction

1 Data Types

1.1 Abstract Data Types

2 Database Domains

2.1 Domain Adaptations

2.1.1 Attributes

2.1.2 Tuple States

2.2 Domain Definition

2.2.1 Type Specification

2.2.2 Domain Operators

3 Kinds of Domains

3.1 Base Domains

3.2 Primitive Domains

3.3 Atomic ("Simple") Domains

3.4 Derived ("Complex") Domains

4 DBMS Domain Support

Appendix 1: Complex Domain Example

Appendix 2: Type System

Appendix 3: Note on SQL Built-in Data Types


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