[Dbappbuilder-relannounce] ANNOUNCE: Rel version 3.007 now available.

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This is a minor release of Rel, an implementation of Date & Darwen's Tutorial D database language. It adds EQUIV and RANK operators, slightly tweaks the Tutorial D grammar implementation to reduce the need for parentheses, provides infix invocation for certain operators, and fixes some bugs.

The following enhancements have been made to the Rel implementation of Tutorial D:

- Infix syntax for EXTEND, SUMMARIZE and UPDATE expressions is now available. The prefix syntax has been retained, but these are now allowed:

   S EXTEND {SS := STATUS}
   S EXTEND: {SS := STATUS}
   S SUMMARIZE BY {CITY} {SS := SUM(STATUS)}
   S SUMMARIZE BY {CITY}: {SS := SUM(STATUS)}
   S UPDATE {STATUS := 2}
   S UPDATE: {STATUS := 2}

- Dyadic and monadic relational operators now have equal precedence, except WHERE (lower precedence) and projection (higher precedence). This means operators may often be "chained" naturally without requiring parentheses. E.g., S RENAME {CITY AS PLACE} WRAP {PLACE, STATUS} AS T is allowed, where previously (S RENAME {CITY AS PLACE}) WRAP {PLACE, STATUS} AS T would have been required. This should not affect existing code.

- EQUIV has been implemented, per Date & Darwen's "Database Explorations". Both prefix and infix syntax are available:

   RANK S BY (ASC STATUS AS Ranking) 
   S RANK BY (ASC STATUS AS Ranking) 
   S RANK (ASC STATUS AS Ranking)

- RANK has been implemented, per Date & Darwen's "Data Types and the Relational Model".

The following bugs have been fixed:

- Case #139 - #142: In the Rel UI, a fatal error was sometimes inappropriately generated when a query was cancelled in the command-line view. This has been fixed.

- Case #153: Errors in built-in or user-defined Java-based operators now generate an error message rather than causing a fatal error.
  
For more information or to download Rel, go to http://reldb.org