Kappa Programing Guide Ver.1.0

1 February 1999

• Preface
• The data model of Kappa
  • Basic knowledge of databases
    • What is database ?
    • Ideas of data models
  • The relational model and the nested relational model
    • The relational model
    • The nested relational model
  • The data model of Kappa
    • The semantics
• Basic functions of Kappa
  • Outline of Kappa system
    • System configuration
    • Tables
    • Programing interface
  • Schema
  • Set
  • Search condition
    • Index search condition
    • Data Search Condition
  • Value list
  • The primitive commands
    • Creation of the interface process
    • Job control and transaction control commands
    • Table search
    • Table read
    • Table update
    • Set operation
    • Other
• Programing example:a personel management system irpr
  • External specification of irpr
    • Manipulations of database
  • Tables of irpr
  • System configuration
    • Modules of the server
    • Modules of the client
  • Processing flow
  • Module irpr_service(irpr_service.kl1)
    • Creation of irpr system server
    • Message sending to irpr system server
  • Module irpr_kappa(irpr_kappa.kl1)
    • Irpr system server
    • Execution of messages
    • Searching for records
    • Reading records
    • Appending a record
    • Modification and deletion of a record
  • Module main(irpr_client.kl1)
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