Find lightcurves of objects having VSX names in the ↗upjs_ts.objects table; these are known variable stars:
SELECT TOP 100 o.vsx_name, s.* FROM upjs_ts.ts_ssa s NATURAL JOIN upjs_ts.objects o WHERE vsx_name IS NOT NULL
Find timeseries for object by simbad resolvable name using ssa_location (↗upjs_ts.ts_ssa):
SELECT TOP 10 * FROM upjs_ts.ts_ssa
WHERE 1=CONTAINS(ivo_simbadpoint('VY UMi'), CIRCLE(ssa_location, ssa_aperture))
Find timeseries for object by simbad resolvable name using ssa_region (↗upjs_ts.ts_ssa):
SELECT TOP 10 * FROM upjs_ts.ts_ssa
WHERE 1=CONTAINS(ivo_simbadpoint('BT Tau'), ssa_region)