db.table

data type

Library: Database access (OMDB)
Import : omdb.xmd

Purpose

The db.table opaque data type represents a single table in the relational database.

Usage Notes

Within your program, you can create as many instances of the db.table data type as you require by declaring global and local variables of type "db.table".

Please refer to Opaque Data Types for a general description of opaque data types and how they are used.

Related OMDB library functions:

The functions

db.open-table - attach a db.table item to an existing table in the database.
db.close - close an attached table and releases its resources.

are used to establish and discard db.table instances. The db.table objects are used by the following OMDB library functions:

db.delete - delete records from a table using supplied criteria.
db.insert - insert a record into a table using the data values in a stream shelf.
db.update - update records in a table using supplied data and criteria.

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