Sun StorageTek5800 System Query Language
Thischapter provides information on the 5800 system query language.
Note– For details of the metadata system and how it is congured, see Chapter 8, “Conguring
Metadataand Virtual File System Views” in Sun StorageTek 5800 Storage System
AdministrationGuide.
Thefollowing topics are discussed:
■“Interfaces”on page 115
■“Operation”on page 116
■“SupportedData Types” on page 116
■“Queries”on page 117
■“LiteralsIn Queries” on page 118
■“CanonicalString Format” on page 119
■“JDBCand HADB Date and Time Operations” on page 120
■“ReservedWords” on page 121
■“SupportedExpression Types” on page 121
■“Examplesof Supported Query Expressions” on page 123
■“QueriesNot Supported in Version 1.1” on page 123
■“SQLWords That Are Allowed in Queries” on page 124
■“SQLWords That Are Not Allowed in Queries” on page 124

Interfaces

The5800 system Java and C APIs both have a query function that passes a query string to the
5800system. Queries in the 5800 system are presented to the name-value metadata cache.
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