Issues in the design of database programming languages

Authors:
Lawrence A. Rowe
Affiliations:
Computer Science Divisioa-EECS, University of California, Berkeley, CA
Venue:
Proceedings of the 1980 workshop on Data abstraction, databases and conceptual modeling
Year:
1980

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Abstract

This paper discusses two issues in the design of database constructs for programming languages. The first issue is whether records in a database correspond to records in a programming language or to a distinct type such as tuple. The second issue is what facilities are provided to define the interface between an application program and a database. The discussion below is based on our research on the RIGEL database programming language [Rowe 79, 80a]. RIGEL is a block-structured language with constructs for accessing relational databases, a module construct for data abstraction, and an exception-handling mechanism. The first implementation of the language has recently been completed and is being distributed.