This includes all the behavior describe for ORACLE LEVEL1 plus the following changes: o The same dialect rules as SQL99 are in effect minus reserved word checking and the DATE ANSI format. o Concatenate (||) and the CONCAT function allow for all data types, not just character types (CHAR, and VARCHAR). The numeric, or date/time values are converted to VARCHAR prior to the concatenation. o Date subtraction results in a floating result. Partial days are now represented by a fraction portion. o This is not an exhaustive list. Refer to Oracle Rdb Release Notes for additional semantic changes for dialect ORACLE LEVEL2.