Syntax
value::=
Text description of value
Purpose
VALUE takes as its argument a correlation variable (table alias) associated with a row of an object table and returns object instances stored in the object table. The type of the object instances is the same type as the object table.
Examples
The following example uses the sample table oe.persons, which is created in
"Substitutable Table and Column Examples": SELECT VALUE(p) FROM
persons p;
VALUE(P)(NAME, SSN)
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PERSON_T('Bob', 1234)
EMPLOYEE_T('Joe', 32456, 12, 100000)
PART_TIME_EMP_T('Tim', 5678, 13, 1000, 20)
