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Sun StorageTek 5800 System Query Language
This chapter provides information on the 5800 system query language.
Note – For details of the metadata system and how it is configured, see Chapter 8, “Configuring Metadata and Virtual File System Views” in Sun StorageTek 5800 Storage System Administration Guide.
The following topics are discussed:
■“Interfaces” on page 115
■“Operation” on page 116
■“Supported Data Types” on page 116
■“Queries” on page 117
■“Literals In Queries” on page 118
■“Canonical String Format” on page 119
■“JDBC and HADB Date and Time Operations” on page 120
■“Reserved Words” on page 121
■“Supported Expression Types” on page 121
■“Examples of Supported Query Expressions” on page 123
■“Queries Not Supported in Version 1.1” on page 123
■“SQL Words That Are Allowed in Queries” on page 124
■“SQL Words That Are Not Allowed in Queries” on page 124
Interfaces
The 5800 system Java and C APIs both have a query function that passes a query string to the 5800 system. Queries in the 5800 system are presented to the
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