Interface | Description |
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AwareVTI |
Interface describing a table function which can be given information about the context
in which it runs.
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RestrictedVTI |
Interface for Table Functions which can be told which columns need to be fetched plus simple bounds on those columns.
|
VTICosting |
VTICosting is the interface that the query optimizer uses
to cost Table Functions.
|
VTIEnvironment |
VTIEnvironment is the state variable created by the optimizer to help it
place a Table Function in the join order.
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Class | Description |
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ForeignTableVTI |
This class contains a table function which can be used to bulk-import data
from a foreign database.
|
ForwardingVTI |
This class contains a table function which forwards its behavior to
another ResultSet wrapped inside it.
|
Restriction |
An expression to be pushed into a Table Function so that the Table Function
can short-circuit its processing and return fewer rows.
|
Restriction.AND |
An AND of two Restrictions
|
Restriction.ColumnQualifier |
A simple comparison of a column to a constant value.
|
Restriction.OR |
An OR of two Restrictions
|
StringColumnVTI |
This is an abstract table function which assumes that all columns are strings and which
coerces the strings to reasonable values for various getXXX()
methods.
|
VTIContext |
Context parameter which is passed to an AwareVTI.
|
VTITemplate |
An abstract implementation of ResultSet that is useful
when writing table functions, read-only VTIs (virtual table interface), and
the ResultSets returned by executeQuery in read-write VTI classes.
|
VTITemplate.ColumnDescriptor |
A struct class which is useful for describing columns and parameters.
|
Derby lets you declare functions which return ResultSets. You can then use these function results as tables in your queries. This, in turn, lets you do the following:
Here is an example of how to declare and invoke a Table Function:
CREATE FUNCTION externalEmployees () RETURNS TABLE ( employeeId INT, lastName VARCHAR( 50 ), firstName VARCHAR( 50 ), birthday DATE ) LANGUAGE JAVA PARAMETER STYLE DERBY_JDBC_RESULT_SET NO SQL EXTERNAL NAME 'com.acme.hrSchema.EmployeesTable.read' ; INSERT INTO employees SELECT s.* FROM TABLE (externalEmployees() ) s;
The Derby optimizer makes some assumptions about these Table Functions:
Based on these assumptions, the optimizer decides where to place the Table Function in the join order. Using the interfaces in this package, you may override the optimizer's guesses and force the optimizer to choose a better join order.
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