> -----Original Message----- > From: Martin Gainty [mailto:mgai...@hotmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 9:18 AM > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: RE: [OT] RE: Tomcat Consultant > > > this is way O/T so lets take this offline > what is meant by "near-english query"? > > M
I believe the technical term most folks use is "natural language query". The tables where dictionary-based, and you didn't really have joins. If there was a need to reference data from another table, using foreign keys, you added a translate entry to the database for the necessary fields. Then instead of needing to use and understand SQL, you simple said something like: Select customer_name, address, invoice_id, total invoice_amt from customer-table by customer_name; and you got a nice table listing each customer and its invoices with a total invoice amount per customer and a grand total at the end. __________________________________________________________________________ Confidentiality Notice: This Transmission (including any attachments) may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please immediately reply to the sender or telephone (512) 343-9100 and delete this transmission from your system. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
