CONTENTS
Foreword / by Edgar F. Codd
Preface
1. Introduction = 1
2. Features of Relational Database Systems = 3
2.1 Development of the Feature Catalogue = 3
2.2 The Feature Catalogue = 6
3. Analysis of Relational Database Management Systems = 49
3.1 ASTRAL(University of Trondheim) = 50
3.2 IDAMS(IBM Heidelberg) = 76
3.3 IDM(Britton-Lee) = 133
3.4 INGRES(University of California, Berkeley) = 158
3.5 MRDS(Honeywell) = 182
3.6 MRS(University of Toronto) = 221
3.7 NOMAD(National CSS, Inc.) = 257
3.8 ORACLE(Relational Software Incorporated) = 288
3.9 PASCAL/R(University of Hamburg) = 332
3.1O PRTV(IBM, United Kingdom) = 378
3.11 QBE(IBM, Thomas J. Watson) = 409
3.12 RAPID(Statistics Canada) = 438
3.13 RAPPORT(LOGICA, United Kingdom) = 477
3.14 SYSTEM R(IBM, San Jose) = 519
4. Feature Summaries and Comparisons = 561
4.1 Database Constituents = 561
4.2 Functional Capabilities = 566
4.3 Schema Definitions = 578
4.4 Additional Definition, Generation and Administration Facilities = 584
4.5 Functional Classes = 590
4.6 Interface Flavours = 598
4.7 System Architecture = 600
4.8 Operational Aspects = 602
5. References = 609
