The following table identifies the differences in terminology among the Oracle Rdb standard interface products: DIFFERENCES IN RELATIONAL TERMINOLOGY ___________________________________________________________ ANSI/ISO SQL SQL______________Standard_________RDO, RDML________________ Alias N/A[1] Database handle Authorization Authorization OpenVMS user name identifier identifier Cartesian Cartesian Cross product product product Catalog Catalog N/A[1] (SQL:2003)[2] Column Column Field Column select Column select Record selection expression expression expression Connection Connection N/A[1] (SQL:2003)[2] Isolation level Isolation level Concurrency READ COMMITTED READ COMMITTED (SQL:2003)[2] Isolation level Isolation level N/A[1] REPEATABLE READ REPEATABLE READ (SQL:2003)[2] Isolation level Isolation level Consistency SERIALIZABLE SERIALIZABLE (SQL:2003)[2] Context files N/A[1] N/A[1] Correlation Correlation Context variable name name Database Database[3] Database Domain Domain Global field (SQL:2003)[2] Environment Environment N/A[1] List N/A[1] Segmented string Parameter Parameter Host language variable Predicate Predicate Conditional expression Result table Result table Record stream Row Row Record Schema Schema N/A[1] Session Session N/A[1] (SQL:2003)[2] Storage area N/A[1] Storage area Storage map N/A[1] Storage map Table Table Relation ___________________________________________________________ Footnotes: [1] N/A means that the term is not applicable or not used with the listed product, standard, or system. [2] SQL:2003 is the industry standard. [3] The ANSI/ISO SQL:2003 Standard defines this term in a slightly different way than does the SQL interface of Oracle Rdb.