
abstract class, 263
aggregate functions (SQL), 238–40
algebra (relational), 197–208
aliases (SQL), 242–3
ALTER (SQL), 252–3
DOMAIN, 253
TABLE, 252–3
amending data (SQL), 247–8
AND (SQL), 232
ANSI/SPARC (x)
ANY (SQL), 241
application administrator, 28
application-centred development, 5–8
architecture (DBMS), 24–30
ARRAY (SQL), 268
array data type (SQL), 267–8
AS (SQL), 236–7, 242–3
ASC (SQL), 238
ASSERTION (SQL), 233
assignment (attribute), 147–56
association, 263
attribute, 35–6, 92
assignment, 147–56, 159–67
composite, 60–1, 65
derivable, 176–7
occurrence, 35–6
SQL, 228
superfluous, 58, 65
type, 35–6
value, 35–6
AVG (SQL), 238–40
badly-normalised tables, 68, 80–1
base table, ...