Support View

Let's look at the situation where one type code cannot be further decomposed. In this example, all employees who are not teachers of any kind are classified as "support." These employees are identified by one type code that is not further decomposed or divided in any way. One way this can be determined is by . A second, and probably easier, way to determine if there is only one type code is to look at the views defined. A view is a virtual table defined on the base table. In this case, the Support View is defined on the Employee Table. This is illustrated in the diagram below where (1) a selection is made on the type of Support and (2) the columns are displayed.

Support View

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