Monad sets

The user can create "arbitrary, named monad sets" in the database by using the "CREATE MONAD SET" query. These can be viewed with the schema tree:

Sample monad sets in the schema tree

The names of the monad sets appear just below the "Monad Sets" label in the tree.

Each monad set name can be exapanded to reveal the monad set in question.

It is just coincidence that the above sets are all single-range sets: The monad sets can be quite arbitrary, and may therefore have gaps.

Usage

The main benefit of having arbitrary monad sets is that they can be used to limit searches, like this:

SELECT ALL OBJECTS
IN Poetry
WHERE
[Clause]
GO

Here all clauses in the monad set named "Poetry" will be retrieved.


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