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- .SP "DEFINE VIEW" COMMANDS 6/14/90
- .XA 2 "Define View"
- .uh NAME
- .lp
- define view \*- construct a virtual class
- .uh SYNOPSIS
- .lp
- .(l
- \fBdefine view\fR view_name
- \fB(\fR [ dom_name_1 \fB=\fR] expression_1
- {\fB,\fR [dom_name_i \fB=\fR] expression_i} \fB)\fR
- [ \fBfrom\fR from_list ]
- [ \fBwhere\fR qual ]
- .)l
- .sp
- .uh DESCRIPTION
- .lp
- .b "Define view"
- will define a view of a class.
- This view is not physically materialized;
- instead the rule system is used to support view processing as in [STON90].
- Specifically,
- a query rewrite retrieve rule is automatically generated
- to support retrieve operations on views.
- Then,
- the user can add as many update rules as he wishes to specify the
- processing of update operations to views.
- See [STON90] for a detailed discussion of this point.
- .uh EXAMPLE
- .lp
- .nf
- .ft C
- /* define a view consisting of toy department employees */
-
- define view toyemp (e.name)
- from e in emp
- where e.dept = "toy"
-
- /* Specify deletion semantics for toyemp */
-
- define rewrite rule example1 is
- on delete to toyemp
- then do instead delete emp where emp.OID = current.OID
- .ft
-
- .uh "SEE ALSO"
- .lp
- postquel(commands), create(commands), define rule(commands).
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