A database interface for file update
Serge Abiteboul, Sophie Cluet, Tova Milo · 1995
Database systems are concerned with structured data. Unfortunately, data is still often available in an unstructured manner (e.g., in files) even when it does have a strong internal structure (e.g., electronic documents or programs). In a previous paper [2], we focussed on the use of high-level query languages to access such files and developed optimization techniques to do so. In this paper, we consider how structured data stored in files can be updated using database update languages.