Re: Antw: Re: Revised proposal for QUERY DTD

[Vivien Malerba <malerba linuxave net>]

On jeu, 13 jui 2000, you wrote:
> Hi Vivien,
> just a few questions before I start the merging:
> 
> - allfields means * in select * from .... and 'empty field list' in insert into table values (......)?

In fact I think it is better not to have that 'allfields' element, but put all
the fields in the query (also easier to do some manipulations since ALL is in
the tree), so forget about it :)

> 
> - when you distinguish func and aggregate, then the attribute group in func/field is needless ?

The distinction between functions and aggregates is there to the GROUP BY. But
aren't some cases where the group attribute could be necessary?

> 
> - what is contains?

I thought it was an SQL keyword, but I can't find it in any doc. Remove it then.

> 
> - lowercase letters look better! ?

Ok, as you prefer, lower case is better for reading.

> 
> - can we use the id where SQL requires an ALIAS for the table/view name and drop the alias attribute for table/view?

Yes, you are right!


Regards,

Vivien