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Embedding a relational data sublanguage in a general purpose programming language

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Michael Stonebraker,

Gerald HeldAuthors Info & Claims

ACM SIGMOD Record, Volume 8, Issue 2

Pages 25 - 35

https://doi.org/10.1145/984344.807115

Published: 01 March 1976 Publication History

Abstract

This paper describes EQUEL, a programming language which embeds the relational data sublanguage QUEL into the general purpose programming language “C”. Both QUEL and EQUEL are operational parts of the INGRES relational data base management system at Berkeley. Also briefly described are two operational subsystems written in this combined language. Lastly some of the language oriented shortcomings that have been observed in QUEL and EQUEL are discussed.

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Wegner P(1976)Programming Languages The First 25 YearsIEEE Transactions on Computers10.1109/TC.1976.167458925:12(1207-1225)Online publication date: 1-Dec-1976
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1109/TC.1976.1674589
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Index Terms

Embedding a relational data sublanguage in a general purpose programming language
1. Information systems
  1. Data management systems
    1. Database design and models
      1. Relational database model
    2. Query languages
      1. Relational database query languages
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software notations and tools
    1. General programming languages
      1. Language types

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ACM SIGMOD Record Volume 8, Issue 2

Proceedings of conference on data: abstraction, definition and structure

March 1976

190 pages

ISSN:0163-5808

DOI:10.1145/984344

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Proceedings of the 1976 conference on Data : Abstraction, definition and structure
March 1976
195 pages
ISBN:9781450378987
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