APPLICATION OF SQL/N AND ASSOCIATION MODES TO DATA BASES CONTAINING RECURSIVE ASSOCIATIONS
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1985-03-01
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Modes of association are defined for the recursive associations that
occur in bill of materials data bases and data bases for the family
tree of corporations. It is shown that a series of useful modes may be
defined. Modes of association may be schema defined to enable a
relational data base system capture more meaning about an association.
When used with natural quantifiers and SQL/N, an upward-compatible
extension of SQL, they permit construction of concise expressions for
complex retrievals involving explosions and implosions of entities
described in the data base. A mode of association is a set of propositions,
each describing a pair of associated entities.
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Computer Science