[Obscure Rule] applies for this entire chapter.
In SQL, a <row type> is a row of data: a composite constructed SQL <data type>. A row in a Table is an instance of a <row type> and every row of the same Table has the same type — the intent is to provide a <data type> that can represent the rows of a Table, so that complete rows can be stored in variables, passed as arguments to routines and returned by functions.
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Row <data type>s
A <row type> is defined by a descriptor that contains three pieces of infor... -
Row Operations
A row is compatible with, and comparable to, any row with compatible Fields... -
Row Types Comprehensive Example
Now that we've described SQL's <row type>, let's look at some example SQL s...