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Business rule mechanisms for typed tables
- Check constraints on tables/subtables (w/inheritance)
- Referential integrity constraints to and from tables/subtables
- Triggers on tables/subtables
Object modeling and management extensions
- User-defined reference types (ref using)
- More flexible object view definitions
- Type and instance (i.e., row) evolution
Structured types for attributes/columns
- Work in progress at IBM Santa Teresa Lab
- Functions/methods just around the corner as well
Additional Object Table Support