SQL/MX 2.x Installation and Management Guide (G06.24+, H06.03+)

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HP NonStop SQL/MX
Installation and Management
Guide
Index Figures Tables
What’s New in This Manual xvii
Manual Information xvii
New and Changed Information xvii
About This Manual xxiii
Audience xxiii
Organization xxiii
Related Documentation xxiv
Notation Conventions xxviii
1. Introduction to SQL/MX Database Management
SQL/MX Database Features 1-2
Distributed Databases 1-2
Database Protection and Recovery 1-3
Data Integrity 1-4
Multiple Character Sets 1-5
Database Security 1-5
Parallel Processing 1-5
High Availability 1-6
Naming Database Objects
1-7
ANSI Logical Names
1-7
Guardian Physical Names 1-7
DEFINE Names 1-8
Object Namespaces 1-8
Using ANSI Names for SQL/MP Objects 1-8
SQL/MX Metadata 1-8
SQL/MX Database Object Types 1-10
Versioning Issues 1-12
Principles of Versioning 1-12
Software Versioning 1-12
Versioning Guidelines for Release 2.1 and Release 2.0 1-14