This chapter describes the purpose and organization of this guide, and defines what prerequisite knowledge you need in order to use this this guide.
About this Guide
This document describes the Object Query Language (OQL) syntax as implemented by Telerik OpenAccess ORM. OQL is defined by the Object Data Management Group (ODMG). The Telerik OpenAccess ORM implementation is a nearly complete reflection of the ODMG standard.
Guide Organization
This guide explains the OQL language syntax. The OQL—The Object Query Language discusses how to perform OQL queries using OpenAccess.
A comprehensive index is also provided at the end of this document.
Prerequisites
This guide assumes that you are familiar with object-oriented concepts and programming. SQL knowledge is an advantage.