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Views are virtual tables. That means they should be updatable, just as "real" or base tables are. In fact, view updatability isn't just desirable, it's crucial, for practical reasons as well as theoretical ones. But view updating has always been a controversial topic. Ever since the relational model first appeared, there has been widespread skepticism as to whether (in general) view updating is even possible.
In stark contrast to this conventional wisdom, this book shows how views, just like base tables, can always be updated (so long as the updates don't violate any integrity constraints). More generally, it shows how updating always ought to work, regardless of whether the target is a base table or a view. The proposed scheme is 100% consistent with the relational model, but rather different from the way updating works in SQL products today.
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Anyone with a professional interest in the relational model, relational technology, or database systems in general can benefit from this book.
Author: Chris J. Date
ISBN-10: 1449357849
ISBN-13: 9781449357849
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
Language: English
Published: 01/29/2013
Pages: 258
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.93lbs
Size: 9.05h x 7.04w x 0.60d
C.J. Date has a stature that is unique within the database industry. C.J. is a prolific writer, and is well-known for his best-selling textbook: An Introduction to Database Systems (Addison Wesley). C.J. is an exceptionally clear-thinking writer who can lay out principles and theory in a way easily understood by his audience.
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