View Updating and Relational Theory: Solving the View Update Problem

by C.J. Date

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1449357849
• ISBN13: 9781449357849
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.0" x 9.1"