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<h1 class="topictitle1">SQL objects</h1>
<div><p>SQL <dfn class="term">objects</dfn> are schemas, journals, catalogs,
tables, aliases, views, indexes, constraints, triggers, sequences, stored
procedures, user-defined functions, user-defined types, and SQL packages.
SQL creates and maintains these objects as system objects.</p>
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<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rbafyconschema.htm">Schemas</a></strong><br />
A <dfn class="term">schema</dfn> provides a logical grouping
of SQL objects.</li>
<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rbafyconjournal.htm">Journals and journal receivers</a></strong><br />
A <dfn class="term">journal</dfn> and <dfn class="term">journal receiver</dfn> are
used to record changes to tables and views in the database.</li>
<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rbafyconcatalogs.htm">Catalogs</a></strong><br />
An SQL <dfn class="term">catalog</dfn> consists of a set of tables
and views which describe tables, views, indexes, packages, procedures, functions,
files, sequences, triggers, and constraints.</li>
<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rbafycontables.htm">Tables, rows, and columns</a></strong><br />
A <dfn class="term">table</dfn> is a two-dimensional arrangement of data consisting
of <dfn class="term">rows</dfn> and <dfn class="term">columns</dfn>.</li>
<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rbafyaliasdef.htm">Aliases</a></strong><br />
An <dfn class="term">alias</dfn> is an alternate name for a table or view.</li>
<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rbafyviewex.htm">Views</a></strong><br />
A <dfn class="term">view</dfn> appears like a table to an application
program; however, a view contains no data.</li>
<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rbafyindexex.htm">Indexes</a></strong><br />
An SQL <dfn class="term">index</dfn> is a subset of the data
in the columns of a table that are logically arranged in either ascending
or descending order.</li>
<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rbafyconstex.htm">Constraints</a></strong><br />
<dfn class="term">Constraints</dfn> are rules enforced by the database manager.</li>
<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rbafytrigger1.htm">Triggers</a></strong><br />
A <dfn class="term">trigger</dfn> is a set of actions that are run automatically
whenever a specified event occurs to a specified base table or view.</li>
<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rbafystored1.htm">Stored procedures</a></strong><br />
A <dfn class="term">stored procedure</dfn> is a program that can be called
using the SQL CALL statement.</li>
<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rbafy1sequence.htm">Sequences</a></strong><br />
A <dfn class="term">sequence</dfn> is a data area object that provides a quick
and easy way of generating unique numbers.</li>
<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rbafyusrdeffun.htm">User-defined functions</a></strong><br />
<span>A <dfn class="term">user-defined function</dfn> is
a program that can be called like any built-in function. </span></li>
<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rbafyusrdeftype.htm">User-defined types</a></strong><br />
A <dfn class="term">user-defined type</dfn> is a distinct data
type that users can define independently of those supplied by the database
management system.</li>
<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rbafypack1.htm">SQL packages</a></strong><br />
An <dfn class="term">SQL package</dfn> is an object that contains the control
structure produced when the SQL statements in an application program are bound
to a remote relational database management system (DBMS).</li>
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