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Designing databasesThe first step in creating a relational database is to construct a data model, which is a precise, complete definition of the data you want to store. After you prepare your data model, you must implement it as a database and tables. To implement your data model, you first select a data type for each column and then you create a database and tables and populate the tables with data. You can also implement fragmentation strategies and control access to your data.
Designing and Implementing a DatabaseThe HCL OneDB™ Database Design and Implementation Guide provides information to help you design, implement, and manage your HCL® OneDB® databases. It includes data models that illustrate different approaches to database design and shows you how to use structured query language (SQL) to implement and manage your databases.
Object-relational databases
Create and use extended data types in HCL OneDB™
Complex data types
Named row types
Change the type of a table

Change the type of a table

The primary advantage of typed tables over untyped tables is that typed tables can be used in an inheritance hierarchy. In general, inheritance allows a table to acquire the representation and behavior of another table. For more information, see What is inheritance?.

The DROP and ADD clauses of the ALTER TABLE statement let you change between typed and untyped tables. Neither the ADD nor DROP operation affects the data that is stored in the table.

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