Technologies de l'information — Recommandations pour l'utilisation du langage de base de données SQL — Partie 7: Fonctions de table polymorphes

This document describes the definition and use of polymorphic table functions in SQL.
The Report discusses the following features of the SQL Language:
— The processing model of polymorphic table functions in the context of SQL.
— The creation and maintenance of polymorphic table functions.
— Issues related to methods of implementing polymorphic table functions.
— How polymorphic table functions are invoked by application programs.
— Issues concerning compilation, optimization, and execution of polymorphic table functions.