"Set this column to this value" sure looks like an operation to me.
> It doesn't specify anything about how the update is going to happen behind the scenes
Neither does the expression y = f(x). But that expression is the canonical example of a function, not a declarative statement.
> Operation in the context of declarative vs non declarative
Is whatever you are defining it to be, I get that. But I don't think the author of the article is using words the same way you are.
"Set this column to this value" sure looks like an operation to me.
> It doesn't specify anything about how the update is going to happen behind the scenes
Neither does the expression y = f(x). But that expression is the canonical example of a function, not a declarative statement.
> Operation in the context of declarative vs non declarative
Is whatever you are defining it to be, I get that. But I don't think the author of the article is using words the same way you are.