Footnotes

...system.: p 3 VAXELN Technical Summary
...Rdb/VMS.: By this I mean that one can define a domain NAME and then define several fields based on this domain. Rdb makes no attempt, to my knowledge, to ensure that comparisons come from the same domain.
...relation.: p 4-11 Rdb Reference Manual
...field.: p 6-33 Rdb Reference Manual
...transaction.: p 2-23 Database Design and Definition Manual
...statement.: Personal opinion.
...five: FIRST N is another useful clause. It only prints the first N records that fit the specification.
...complete: p 322 DATE An Introduction to Database Systems Date calls Rdb/VMS relationally complete.

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