Re: Real-world object use?

I'm in the same position you're in. Couldn't see that the object oriented pieces were far enough along to use now. Maybe someone else has made good use of them. If so I'd like to know the specifics.

Van

"Gerard Averill" <gaverill_at_chsra.wisc.eduNOSPAM> wrote in message news:905BBF3F5gaverill_at_144.92.88.10...
> I was wondering if anyone has used or is using the new object-oriented
 features
> of Oracle 8.x as part of a "real-world" application. Since these
 features,
> from an object-oriented standpoint, are still a little thin, IMHO, I'd be
> interested in how developers are making use of them.
>
> One of the articles on Oracle's website (otn.oracle.com) about the new
 features
> of Oracle 9i states:
>
> "To increase the usefulness of Objects, inheritance, type evolution and
> dynamic method dispatch are all supported in Oracle9i - greatly reducing
 the
> maintenance cost of using objects in application development." --Oracle
 9i -New
> Features Summary
>
> I've been hoping to replace most of an "object layer" I developed for use
 with
> several 7.3-based applications with a much simplier one making use of 8i
 object
> features, but am thinking maybe I should just wait for 9i!
>
> Any thoughts out there?
>
> g
> --
> Gerard Averill
> gaverill<at>chsra<dot>wisc<dot>edu
Received on Mon Mar 05 2001 - 18:19:53 CST