Table Functions
- Functions can now return entire tables, with multiple rows
- and multiple columns. You can specify these functions in
- the SELECT FROM clause.
+ Functions can now return sets, with multiple rows
+ and multiple columns. You specify these functions in
+ the SELECT FROM clause, similar to a table or view.
Privileges
Add SIMILAR TO as a synonym for our existing operator "~" (Thomas)
Add regular expression SUBSTRING(string FROM pat FOR escape) (Thomas)
Add LOCALTIME and LOCALTIMESTAMP functions (Thomas)
+Add named composite types using CREATE TYPE typename AS (column) (Joe)
+Allow composite type definition in the table alias clause (Joe)
+Add new API to simplify creation of C language table functions (Joe)
Remove ODBC-compatible empty parentheses from calls to SQL99 functions
for which these parentheses do not match the standar (Thomas)
Add appendix in the User's Guide which lists SQL92 features (Thomas)