LogiQL : a query language for smart databases /: a query language for smart databases. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Terry Halpin, Spencer Rugaber.
• Authors: Halpin, T. A; Rugaber, Spencer
• Contents: Preface; Acknowledgment; Key LogiQL Concepts; Quick Start; Authors; ; Basics; Databases, Predicates, and Facts; Declaring Entity Types and Refmodes; Entering Facts; Expressing Domain Relationships with Predicates; Constraining the Data; Declaring Functional Predicates; Declaring Derivation Rules; Querying a Workspace; Consolidation Exercise 1; Part 1: Country of Birth; Part 2: Birth and Death Dates; Part 3: Age at Death; Part 4: Reigns and Ancestry; Answers to Exercises; ; Intermediate Aspects; Inverse-Functional Predicates; N-ary Predicates; Inclusive-or and External Uniqueness Constraints; Subtyping and Subsetting; Subtypes; Subset Constraints; Recursive Rules and Ring Constraints; Recursion; Ring Constraints; Hard and Soft Constraints; The Count and Total Functions; Computing Counts; Dealing with Empty Predicates; Computing Totals and Averages; Consolidation Exercise 2; Part 1: Books; Part 2: Book Sales; Part 3: Personnel; Answers to Exercises; ; Diving Deeper; The max and min Functions; Argmin and Argmax; Summary of Aggregation Functions; Safety Conditions for Rules and Queries; Derivation Rule Semantics; Delta Rules and Pulse Predicates; Delta Modifiers; Delta Logic; Pulse Predicates; Transaction Processing; Transactions; Transaction Processing Example; Stage Suffixes; Summary; Additional Built-in Operators and Functions; Arithmetic; String Manipulation; Aggregate Functions for Ordering; Consolidation Exercise 3; Answers to Exercises; ; Advanced Aspects; Emulating Imperative Programming Constructs; Statements; Switch Statement; Iteration Statements; Further Constraints; Equality Constraints; Value Constraints; Frequency Constraints; Subset and Exclusion Constraints Involving Join Paths; Derived Entities and Constructors; N-ary Constructors; Program Organization; Legacy Code; Program Organization; Projects; Modules and Concrete Blocks; Namespaces Revisited; Separate Compilation and Libraries; Summary; Miscellaneous Topics; Materialized and Derived-Only Views; Hierarchical Syntax; File Predicates; Consolidation Exercise 4; Answers to Exercises; ; Glossary; ; Appendices; Running Your Programs; Running the LogiQL REPL; LogiQL Syntax; Built-In Operators and Predicates; Summary of Constraints; Programming Conventions; LogiQL and Predicate Logic; LogiQL and SQL; Testing Your Programs; Improving Your Program’s Performance;
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 005.741; LogiQL (Compuer program language); Query languages (Computer science); Querying (Computer science); Databases
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482244946
• Related ISBNs: 9781482244939
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; item not viewed.
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