CONTENTS

  Title Page

  Copyright Page

  Preface

  Glossary
    access control entry (ACE) . . . aggregate expression
    AIJ . . . Application Programming Interface (API)
    APS . . . attachment
    attribute . . . binary language representation (BLR)
    bind . . . call interface
    call parameter . . . character string
    checkpoint . . . column select expression
    comment character . . . conditional expression
    conditional operator . . . coordinator
    correlated reference . . . database key
    database management system (DBMS) . . . data table
    DATATRIEVE . . . DECnet
    DECtrace . . . detach (from a database)
    dictionary . . . DMU
    domain . . . event
    executable image . . . field attribute
    file . . . global buffers
    global transaction . . . host variable
    idempotent . . . input parameter
    Installation Verification Procedure (IVP) . . . journal file
    journaling . . . LIST OF BYTE VARYING data type
    LIST OF VARBYTE data type . . . map
    MBLR . . . multifile database
    multiplex . . . object
    OLTP . . . partial path name
    path name . . . prepared statement
    prepare phase . . . proxy account
    qualifier . . . RDB$SCHEMA
    RDB$VALUE . . . RDMS$RUJ
    RDO . . . reflexive join
    relation . . . request
    request handle . . . row
    row locking . . . scope
    search condition . . . segmented string identifier
    select expression . . . singleton select
    SNA . . . SQL$DATABASE
    SQL2 . . . SQL/Services
    static SQL . . . SUP
    system manager . . . threshold
    TID . . . truth table
    tuple . . . variable
    VAXcluster . . . WORM device

  A   Rdb/VMS Master Index

  TABLES

  A-1        Abbreviations for the Manuals Included in the Master Index