The following table identifies the differences in terminology
among the Oracle Rdb standard interface products:
DIFFERENCES IN RELATIONAL TERMINOLOGY
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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
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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.