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UNIVERSITY OF OSLO Department of Informatics Temporal Data: Time and Relational Databases Bjørn Skjellaug Research Report 246 ISBN 82-7368-161-0 ISSN 0806-3036 April 1997

Temporal Data: Time and Relational Databases Bj°rn Skjellaug

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Page 1: Temporal Data: Time and Relational Databases Bj°rn Skjellaug

UNIVERSITY OF OSLODepartment of Informatics

Temporal Data:Time andRelationalDatabases

Bjørn Skjellaug

Research Report 246

ISBN 82-7368-161-0ISSN 0806-3036

April 1997

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