Index

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A

Active Server Pages, 4.6

ActiveX, 4.6

ADMIN OPTION

with EXECUTE ANY TYPE, 6.1.3

aggregate functions

See user-defined aggregate functions

aliases

required for tables, 2.1.7.1

ALTER ANY TYPE privilege, 6.1.1

See also privileges

ALTER TABLE, 7.3.6

See also object types, evolving

ALTER TYPE statement, 4.7.5.4, 7.3.5

See also object types, evolving

ANYDATA datatype, 7.4, 8.11.2

ANYDATASET datatype, 7.4

ANYTYPE datatype, 7.4

arrays, A.3.6

size of VARRAYs, 3.1.3

variable (VARRAYs), 3.1.3

ASP, 4.6

assignments

across object types, 2.3.15

collections, 2.3.15.2

objects and REFs to objects, 2.3.15.1

atomic nulls, 2.1.1

attributes

leaf-level, 7.1.1

leaf-level scalar, 7.1.1

modifying, 7.3.3

of object types, 1.3.1.1

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B

bind variables

object types, 4.2

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C

caches

object cache, 4.3, 4.4, 5.3, 6.1.5

object views, 5.3

capture avoidance rule, 2.1.7.1

CARDINALITY function, 3.2.4.1

CAST function, 2.4.1

character length semantics

object types, 2.1.2

COLLECT function, 3.2.4.2

collections

assigning, 2.3.15.2

comparing, 3.1.10.2, 3.2.3

constructing, 1.3.1.10

creating, 3.1.1

datatypes

DML on, 3.2.2

DML on multilevel, 3.2.2.1

multilevel, 3.1.10, 8.4.1

constructing, 3.1.10.3

creating, 3.1.10.3

creating with REFs, 8.4.5

object views containing, 5.6.2

nested tables, 3.1.4

querying, 3.2.1, 8.4.1

See also varrays, nested tables

substitutable elements, 2.3.8.4

substituting in, 2.3.7

supported datatypes, 1.3.1.10

variable arrays (VARRAYs), 3.1.3

column objects

versus row objects, 8.1.1

COLUMN_VALUE keyword, 3.1.10.1

columns

column objects, 1.3.1.7

hidden, 7.1.3, 7.2.1

indexes on column objects, 2.1.4

qualifying in queries, 2.1.7

qualifying names in queries, 2.1.7.1

comparisons

collections, 2.3.16.1, 3.2.3

methods, 2.2.2, A.3.1, A.3.6.4

object types, 2.3.16.1

REFs, 2.3.16.1

compilation

of object types, 6.2

COMPRESS clause

nested tables, 8.4.4.1

constraints, A.3.4

object tables, 2.1.3

on Oracle objects, 8.8

REFs, 8.3.2

SCOPE FOR constraint, A.3.6.2

constructor methods, 1.3.1.3, 1.3.1.3, 2.2.4, 7.1.2

literal invocation of, 2.2.4

constructors

attribute values, 7.3.7

calling user-defined, 7.3.12

methods, 2.2.4

overloading, 7.3.10

overriding, 7.3.10

system defined, 7.3.7

type evolution, 7.3.8

user-defined, 7.3.9, 7.3.10

with NEW keyword, 7.3.7

COUNT attribute of collection types, A.3.2.2

CREATE ANY TYPE privilege, 6.1.1

See also privileges

CREATE INDEX statement

object types, 2.1.4

CREATE TABLE statement

column object example, 1.3.1.2

object table example, 1.3.1.6

object table examples, 2.1.3

CREATE TRIGGER statement

object table example, 2.1.5

CREATE TYPE privilege, 6.1.1

See also privileges

CREATE TYPE statement, 8.11.4.5

collection types, 1.3.1.10

dependent types, 6.2

example, 3.1.4

nested tables, 3.1.4

object types, 1.3.1.1, 1.3.1.2, A.3.1

varrays, 3.1.3, A.3.1

creating object types, 1.3.1.1

creating VARRAYs

containing references to LOBs, 3.1.9

CURSOR expression, 2.4.2

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D

dangling REFs, 1.3.1.9, 1.3.1.9

database administrators (DBAs)

DBA role, 6.1.1

database links

and object types, 2.1.8

datatypes

array types, 3.1.3

nested tables, 3.1.4

See also object types

transient and generic, 7.4

DBA role

user-defined types, 6.1.1

DEFAULT clause, 3.1.2

default values

collections, 3.1.2

object types, 3.1.2

DELETE privilege

for object tables, 6.1.5, 6.1.5

DEREF function, 2.4.3

dereferencing, 1.3.1.9, A.3.2.2

implicit, 1.3.1.9, A.3.2.2

dot notation

using with methods, 2.2.1

DROP ANY TYPE privilege, 6.1.1

See also privileges

DROP TYPE statement, 6.2.3.1

dump files

Export and Import, 6.6

dynamic method dispatch, 2.3.6

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E

equal and not equal conditions

nested tables, 3.2.3.1

evolution

object types, 1.3.1.5

Excel, 4.6

EXECUTE ANY TYPE privilege, 6.1.1, 6.1.3

See also privileges

EXECUTE privilege

object types, 6.1.3

See also privileges

Export utility

object types, 6.6

EXTERNAL NAME phrase, 4.7.5

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F

features

new, Preface

files

Export and Import dump file, 6.6

FINAL keyword, 2.3.2

modifying finality, 7.3.3, 8.9.3

FORCE keyword, 5.12.2

FORCE option, 6.2.3.1

foreign keys

representing many-to-one entity relationship with, A.2.2.2

function-based indexes

on type methods, 8.5.4

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G

GRANT option for EXECUTE privilege, 6.1.3

granting

execute object type, 6.1.3

guidelines

comparison methods, 2.2.2.3

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I

implicit dereferencing, 1.3.1.9, A.3.2.2

Import utility

object types, 6.6

IN condition, 3.2.3.2

incomplete object types, 6.2

indexes

nested table, 3.1.4

object types, 2.1.4

on REFs, 2.1.4

type-discriminant column, 7.2.1

index-organized tables

storing nested tables as, 3.1.10.1, 8.4.4.1

inheritance, 1.3.1.4

See type inheritance

inheriting methods, 2.3.5

inner capture, 2.1.7.1

INSERT privilege

for object tables, 6.1.5, 6.1.5

instances

object type, 1.3.1.1

objects, 1.3.1.2

INSTANTIABLE keyword

CREATE TYPE, 2.3.4

modifying instantiability, 7.3.3

INSTEAD OF triggers

nested tables, 5.10.1

invoker-rights

object types, 8.6

IS A SET condition, 3.2.3.6

IS EMPTY condition, 3.2.3.5

IS NOT A SET condition, 3.2.3.6

IS OF type predicate, 2.4.4

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J

Java

object storage, 4.7.5

Oracle JDBC and Oracle objects, 4.7.1

Oracle SQLJ and Oracle objects, 4.7.2

with Oracle objects, 4.7

JDBC

See Oracle JDBC

JPublisher, 4.7.4

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K

keys

foreign keys, A.2.2.2

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L

leaf-level attributes, 7.1.1

scalar, 7.1.1

literal invocation

constructor methods, 2.2.4

locators

returning nested tables as, 7.6.1, 8.4.4.3, 8.4.4.3, A.3.6.2

using a hint, 8.4.4.3

locks

object level locking, 4.3

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M

managing

object types, 6

map methods, 8.2, A.3.1, A.3.6.4

comparing collections, 3.2.3.1

for comparing objects, 2.2.2.1

materialized views, 8.7.2

MEMBER condition, 3.2.3.4

member methods, 1.3.1.3, 2.2.1

member procedures

with SELF IN OUT NOCOPY, 8.5.3

methods, A.3.2

choosing a language for, 8.5.1

comparison, A.3.1, A.3.6.4

comparison methods, 2.2.2

in a type hierarchy, 2.2.2.4

constructor, 1.3.1.3

constructor methods, 7.1.2

literal invocation, 2.2.4

constructors, 1.3.1.3, 2.2.4

dot notation, 2.2.1

dropping, 7.3.3

dynamic method dispatch, 2.3.6

execution privilege for, 6.1.2

final, 2.3.2

function-based indexes, 8.5.4

guidelines for comparison, 2.2.2.3

inheriting, 2.3.5

instantiability, 2.3.4

invoking, 2.2.1

map, 2.2.2.1, 8.2, A.3.1, A.3.6.4

map for comparing objects, 2.2.2.1

map required for collections, 3.2.3.1

member, 1.3.1.3, 2.2.1

object types, 1.3.1.3, 2.2

of object types, 1.3.1.1

order, 2.2.2.2, 8.2, A.3.1, A.3.2.3

overloading, 2.3.3, 2.3.5, 2.3.5.1

overriding, 2.3.2, 2.3.3, 2.3.5, 2.3.5.2

PL/SQL, 4.2

redefining, 2.3.5.2

restrictions on overriding, 2.3.5.3

SELF parameter, 2.2.1

static, 1.3.1.3, 2.2.3, 8.5.2

multilevel collections

See collections, multilevel

MULTISET EXCEPT operator, 3.2.4.3

MULTISET INTERSECT operator, 3.2.4.4

multiset operations

with nested tables, 3.2.4

MULTISET UNION operator, 3.2.4.5

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N

name resolution

object types, 2.1.7

narrowing, 2.3.15.1, 2.4.8

nested cursor, A.3.6.4

nested tables, 3.1.4, 8.4.4

adding to an object, 7.3.2

COMPRESS clause, 8.4.4.1

creating, 3.1.1

creating indexes on, 8.4.4.2

equal and not equal conditions, 3.2.3.1

in an index-organized table, 3.1.10.1, 8.4.4.1

indexes, 2.1.4, 3.1.4

INSTEAD OF triggers, 5.10.1

multiset operations, 3.2.4

querying, 3.2.1, A.3.1

unnesting results, 3.2.1.2

returning as locators, 8.4.4.3, 8.4.4.3, A.3.6.2

specifying a storage name, 7.3.2

specifying storage in a tablespace, 3.1.5

storage, 3.1.10.1, 8.4.4.1, A.3.6.2

uniqueness in, A.3.6.2

updating in views, 5.10.1

versus VARRAY, A.3.1

versus varrays, A.3.1

NESTED_TABLE_GET_REFS hint, 8.4.4.3

NESTED_TABLE_ID keyword, 3.1.10.1, 8.4.4.2, A.3.6.2

NLS_LENGTH_SEMANTICS initialization parameter, 2.1.2

NOCOPY compiler hint

methods, 2.2.1

performance issues, 8.5.3

use with member procedures, 8.5.3

use with SELF, 2.2.1, 8.5.3

NOT FINAL keyword, 2.3.2

NOT MEMBER condition, 3.2.3.4

nulls

atomic, 2.1.1

object types, 2.1.1

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O

object cache

object views, 5.3

OCI, 4.3

privileges, 6.1.5

Pro*C, 4.4

object identifiers, 1.3.1.6, 1.3.1.6, 8.1.2, A.3.5

column and index, 8.1.1.2

for object types, 7.1.2

primary-key based, 8.1.2.1

REFs, 8.1.2

storage, 8.1.2

object instances, 1.3.1.1, 1.3.1.2

comparing, 2.3.16.1

object tables, 1.3.1.6, 8.1.1.2, A.3.3

constraints, 2.1.3

deleting values, A.3.6.5

indexes, 2.1.4

inserting values, A.3.6.3

querying, A.3.6.4

replicating, 8.7

row objects, 1.3.1.7

triggers, 2.1.5

virtual object tables, 5.1

object types, 1.1

adding a nested table attribute, 7.3.2

advantages, 1.2

altering a type, 7.3.1, 7.3.2

assignments across, 2.3.15

attributes of, 1.3.1.1

character length semantics, 2.1.2

collection objects, 5.6

collections, 3.1

nested tables, 3.1.4

variable arrays (VARRAYs), 3.1.3

column objects, 1.3.1.7

column objects versus row objects, 8.1.1

comparing, 2.3.16.1

comparison methods for, 2.2.2, A.3.1, A.3.6.4

constructor methods, 1.3.1.3

constructor methods for, 2.2.4, 7.1.2

creating, 1.3.1.1, 1.3.1.2

creating subtypes of, 2.3.3

database key features, 1.3.1

dependencies, 6.2

dependents, 6.2, 7.3

evolution, 1.3.1.5

evolving, 7.3, 8.11.1

design considerations, 8.9

SQLJ types, 4.7.5.4

example of privileges, 6.1.4

Export and Import, 6.6

final, 8.9.3

FINAL or NOT FINAL, 2.3.2

in columns, 5.4

incomplete, 6.2, 6.2.1

incomplete types, 6.2

indexes on column objects, 2.1.4

indexing, 7.2.1

inheritance, 1.3.1.4, 2.3

instances, 1.3.1.1

instantiable, 2.3.4

invoker-rights, 8.6

key features, 1.3

locking in cache, 4.3

managing, 6

methods, 2.2, 2.2.1

methods in PL/SQL, 4.2

methods of, 1.3.1.1, A.3.2

mutually dependent, 6.2

name resolution, 2.1.7

nested tables, 3.1.4

not final, 8.9.3

not instantiable, 2.3.4

nulls, 2.1.1

object references, 5.8

Oracle type translator, 4.4.4

performance tuning, 6.4

privileges, 6.1

recompiling, 6.2.2

remote access to, 2.1.8, 5.11

row objects, 1.3.1.7

row objects and object identifiers, 5.6

schema privileges, 6.1.2

See also type inheritance

specializing, 1.3.1.4

SQLJ types, 4.7.5

storage, 7.1

substituting, 2.3.7

subtypes, 2.3.1

synonyms, 6.3

table aliases, 2.1.7.1

tools, 6.5

triggers, 2.1.5

use of table aliases, 2.1.7.1

utilities, 6.6

variable arrays (VARRAYs), 3.1.3

views, 1.3.1.8

object views, 1.3.1.8, 5

advantages of, 5.1

circular references, 5.12.1

defining, 5.2

hierarchies, 5.13, 8.11.3

privileges, 5.13.3

querying in, 5.13.2

modeling relationships, 5.9, 5.12

multilevel collections in, 5.6.2

nested tables, 5.10.1

null objects in, 5.5

OIDs with, 5.7

REFs to, 5.8

replicating, 8.7

updating through INSTEAD OF triggers, 5.10

OBJECT_ID pseudocolumn, 2.3.8.1

OBJECT_VALUE pseudocolumn, 2.3.8.1

object-relational model, A

advantages, 1.2

comparing objects, 8.2

constraints, 8.8

database key features, 1.3.1

design considerations, 8

embedded objects, A.3.6

key features, 1.3

methods, 1.3.1.3, 2.2

partitioning, 7.6

programmatic environments for, 4, 4.7

replication, 8.7

OCCI, 4.5

OCI

associative access, 4.3.1

for Oracle objects

building a program, 4.3.4

navigational access, 4.3.2

object cache, 4.3.3

OCIObjectFlush, 5.3

OCIObjectPin, 5.3

OIDs, 1.3.1.6

See object identifiers

Oracle C++ Call Interface, 4.5

Oracle JDBC

accessing Oracle object data, 4.7.1

Oracle objects

See object-relational model

Oracle Objects for OLE

OraCollection interface, 4.6.3

OraObject interface, 4.6.1

OraRef interface, 4.6.2

support of object-relational features, 4.6

Oracle SQLJ

creating custom Java classes, 4.7.4

data mapping for Oracle objects, 4.7.3

JPublisher, 4.7.4

support for Oracle objects, 4.7.2

Oracle type translator (OTT), 4.4.4

OraCollection interface, 4.6.3

ORAData interface, 4.7.5.1

OraObject interface, 4.6.1

OraRef interface, 4.6.2

order methods, 2.2.2.2, 8.2, A.3.1, A.3.2.3

OTT, 4.4.4

overloading

methods, 2.3.3, 2.3.5.1

user-defined constructors, 7.3.10

overloading methods, 2.3.5

overriding

methods, 2.3.3

user-defined constructors, 7.3.10

overriding methods, 2.3.5

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P

parallel query

objects, 8.10

restrictions for Oracle objects, 8.10

view objects, 8.10

partitioning

tables containing Oracle objects, 7.6

pkREFs, 7.1.5

PL/SQL

bind variables

object types, 4.2

object views, 5.3

using with objects, 1.3.1.6

polymorphism, 2.3, 8.11.2, 8.11.3

See also substitutability

POWERMULTISET function, 3.2.4.6

POWERMULTISET_BY_CARDINALITY function, 3.2.4.7

pragma RESTRICT_REFERENCES, A.3.1

primary-key-based REFs, 7.1.5

privileges

acquired by role on object types, 6.1.1

ALTER ANY TYPE on object types, 6.1.1

checked when pinning object types, 6.1.5

column level for object tables, 6.1.5

CREATE ANY TYPE on object types, 6.1.1

DELETE on object types, 6.1.5

DROP ANY TYPE on object types, 6.1.1

EXECUTE ANY TYPE on object types, 6.1.1, 6.1.3

EXECUTE ANY TYPE on object types with ADMIN OPTION, 6.1.3

EXECUTE on object types, 6.1.3

EXECUTE on object types with GRANT option, 6.1.3

INSERT on object types, 6.1.5

object types in types or tables, 6.1.3

object types with CREATE TYPE, 6.1.1

object types with DELETE, 6.1.5

object types with INSERT, 6.1.5

object types with SELECT, 6.1.5

object types with UPDATE, 6.1.5

on object types, 6.1

SELECT on object types, 6.1.5

system on object types, 6.1.1

UNDER ANY TYPE on object types, 6.1.1

UNDER ANY VIEW on object types, 6.1.1

UPDATE on object types, 6.1.5

Pro*C

embedded SQL with user-defined datatypes, 4.4

object cache, 4.4

Pro*C/C++

associative access, 4.4.1

converting between Oracle and C types, 4.4.3

navigational access, 4.4.2

user-defined datatypes, 4.3

programmatic environments

for Oracle objects, 4, 4.7

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Q

queries

set membership, 8.4.4.4

unnesting, 8.4.1

varrays, 8.4.3

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R

recompilation

object types, 6.2.2

redefining

methods, 2.3.5.2

REF attributes, 2.1.6

REF columns, 2.1.6

REF function, 2.4.5

references, 1.3.1.9

references See REFs

REFs, 1.3.1.9

comparing, 2.3.16.2

constraints on, 2.1.6, 8.3.2

constructing from object identifiers, 7.1.2, A.3.6.3

dangling, 1.3.1.9, 1.3.1.9, 2.1.6

dereferencing of, 1.3.1.9, A.3.2.2

for rows of object views, 5.2

implicit dereferencing of, 1.3.1.9, A.3.2.2

indexes on, 2.1.4

indexing, 8.3.3.1

object identifiers

obtaining, 1.3.1.9

pinning, 5.3, 6.1.5

scoped, 1.3.1.9, 2.1.6, 7.1.5, 8.3.3

size of, 7.1.5

storage, 8.3.1

substitutability, 2.3.7, 2.3.8.3

use of table aliases, 2.1.7.1

WITH ROWID option, 8.3.4

remote databases

using with object types, 2.1.8

RESOURCE role

user-defined types, 6.1.1, 6.1.4

roles

DBA role, 6.1.1

RESOURCE role, 6.1.1, 6.1.4

row objects, 1.3.1.7

storage, 8.1.1.2

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S

schemas

object datatypes, 4.2

object types, 1.3.1.1

qualifying column names, 2.1.7.1

SCOPE FOR constraint, A.3.6.2

scoped REFs, 1.3.1.9, 7.1.5

SELECT privilege

for object tables, 6.1.5, 6.1.5

SELF parameter

methods, 2.2.1

SET function, 3.2.4.8

SQL

support for object types, 4.1

user-defined datatypes, 4.1

OCI, 4.3

SQLData interface, 4.7.5.1

SQLJ

See Oracle SQL

SQLJ object types, 4.7, 8.11.4.1

creating, 4.7.5.2

mapping Java classes, 4.7.5.3

See also object types, Oracle SQLJ

static methods, 1.3.1.3, 2.2.3

storage

column objects, 8.1.1.1

nested tables, 7.1.6

object tables, 7.1

REFs, 7.1.5

STORE AS clause, A.3.6.2

SUBMULTISET condition, 3.2.3.3

substitutability, 2.3.7

attributes, 2.3.7

collections, 2.3.7

column and row, 2.3.8, 7.2.1

constraining, 2.3.12

dependencies, 6.2.3

modifying, 2.3.13

narrowing, 2.3.15.1

OBJECT_ID, 2.3.8.1

OBJECT_VALUE, 2.3.8.1

restrictions on modifying, 2.3.14

turning off, 2.3.11

views, 2.3.8

views and, 8.11.3

widening, 2.3.15.1

substitutable columns

dropping subtypes, 2.3.10

subtypes

creating, 2.3.3

dropping in substitutable columns, 2.3.10

hierarchy, 2.3

indexing attributes of, 7.2.2

object types, 2.3.1

specializing, 8.11.1

with supertype attribute, 2.3.8.2

supertypes

attribute of subtype, 2.3.8.2

base in hierarchy, 2.3

synonyms

object types, 6.3

SYS_TYPEID function, 2.4.6, 7.2.1

SYS.ANYDATA, 7.4

SYS.ANYDATASET, 7.4

SYS.ANYTYPE, 7.4

system privileges

ADMIN OPTION, 6.1.3

object types, 6.1.1

See also privileges

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T

TABLE

function, 2.4.7

TABLE expressions, 3.2.1.2, 8.4.1

tables

aliases, 2.1.7.1, 2.1.7.1

constraints on object tables, 2.1.3

functions, 2.4.7

indexes on nested tables, 2.1.4

indexes on object tables, 2.1.4

nested tables, 3.1.4

object

See object tables

object tables, 1.3.1.6

virtual, 5.1

qualifying column names, 2.1.7, 2.1.7.1, 2.1.7.1

triggers on object tables, 2.1.5

TREAT function, 2.3.8, 2.3.15.1, 2.4.4, 2.4.8, 7.2.2

triggers

INSTEAD OF triggers

object views and, 5.10

object types, 2.1.5

type dependencies, 6.2.3

type evolution

See object types

type hierarchies, 1.3.1.4, 2.3

methods in, 2.2.2.4

type inheritance

finality, 2.3.2

instantiability, 2.3.4

methods, 2.3.5

object types, 2.3

See inheritance

specializing subtypes, 2.3.1

typeids, 2.4.6, 7.2.1

types

See datatypes, object types

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U

UNDER ANY TYPE privilege, 6.1.1

See also privileges

UNDER ANY VIEW privilege, 6.1.1

See also privileges

UNDER keyword

CREATE TYPE, 2.3.3

unnesting queries, 8.4.1

UPDATE privilege

for object tables, 6.1.5, 6.1.5

updates

object views, 5.10

user-defined aggregate functions, 7.5

user-defined constructors, 7.3.9, 7.3.10

user-defined datatypes

See also user-defined types

See object types

user-defined types

and remote databases, 2.1.8

See also object-relational model

See object types

USING clause, 4.7.5

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V

validation

failure, 7.3.4

object types, 7.3.3

VALUE function, 2.4.9

variables

bind variables

object types, 4.2

object variables, 5.3

varrays, 3.1.3

accessing, 8.4.3

creating, 3.1.1

creating VARRAYs, 3.1.9

increasing the number of elements, 3.1.8

querying, 8.4.3

See also arrays, collections

storage, 3.1.6, 8.4.2

updating, 8.4.3

versus nested tables, A.3.1, A.3.1

views

object, 1.3.1.8

See also object views

substitutability, 2.3.8

updatability, 5.10

Visual Basic, 4.6

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W

widening

and substitutability, 2.3.15.1