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A Comparison of Self-Contained and Embedded Database Languages.

A. Christensen, Torben U. Zahle: A Comparison of Self-Contained and Embedded Database Languages. VLDB 1987: 209-216
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/vldb/ChristensenZ87,
  author    = {A. Christensen and
               Torben U. Zahle},
  editor    = {Peter M. Stocker and
               William Kent and
               Peter Hammersley},
  title     = {A Comparison of Self-Contained and Embedded Database Languages},
  booktitle = {VLDB'87, Proceedings of 13th International Conference on Very
               Large Data Bases, September 1-4, 1987, Brighton, England},
  publisher = {Morgan Kaufmann},
  year      = {1987},
  isbn      = {0-934613-46-X},
  pages     = {209-216},
  ee        = {db/conf/vldb/ChristensenZ87.html},
  crossref  = {DBLP:conf/vldb/87},
  bibsource = {DBLP, http://dblp.uni-trier.de}
}
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Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to compare self-contained and embedded database languages. An overview is presented, summarising the differences between the two types. It is observed that the principle differences stem from the fact that many things are prespecified in the self-contained languages. It is then argued, that these prespecifications can be carried over to the embedded languages, thereby improving compactness. These embedded languages should also contain the possibility of overriding the prespecifications so that the flexibility of them is preserved. Finally, two examples of such improved embedded query languages are given and illustrated with examples.

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Peter M. Stocker, William Kent, Peter Hammersley (Eds.): VLDB'87, Proceedings of 13th International Conference on Very Large Data Bases, September 1-4, 1987, Brighton, England. Morgan Kaufmann 1987, ISBN 0-934613-46-X
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Referenced by

  1. Jean-Yves Lingat, Colette Rolland: PROQUEL: a PROgramming QUEry Language. DBPL 1989: 281-295
  2. Jean-Yves Lingat, Pierre Colignon, Colette Rolland: Rapid Application Prototyping the PROQUEL Language. VLDB 1988: 206-217
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