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Old 03-30-09, 13:10
its102anu its102anu is offline
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Do nested tables in SQL exist?

is there any implementation of nested tables in SQL ?

i have been told by my teacher that i will have to use nested tables in my project and i am using sql server 2008. i have searched the internet but have failed to find any useful info.. i read in a post in a forum that that concept of nested tables does not exist the way it does in oracle ( that is table within a table) but has the concept of primary and foreign key instead ..

PLEASE TELL ME WHETHER NEST TABLES EXIST IN SQL ?
AND IF SO PLEASE HELP ME WITH THE CONCEPT ...
THANKYOU !

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Old 03-30-09, 13:16
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By SQL you mean SQL Server correct?
SQL is a declarative language used with relational databases.
SQL Server is a relational database product.

If it is SQL Server, I will move this to the SQL Server forum.
Or another mod will.
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Old 03-30-09, 14:34
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Standard SQL has nested table types (AKA structured types). SQL Server 2008 does not.
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Old 03-31-09, 05:37
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As an aside, it pains me that colleges are teaching topics like nested tables, a feature added to DBMSs like Oracle purely to tick a box in their "object-relational" feature list and of no practical use to anybody. So every year a mass of students emerge from their colleges thinking nested tables are something you should be using in your databases, and if unchecked no doubt introduce them into their employers' databases. *Sigh*.
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