Re: Storing objects in a RDBMS?

"damorgan" <damorgan_at_exesolutions.com> wrote in message news:3CACC064.9D7D0B7D_at_exesolutions.com...
> You wrote:
> "I try to read and answer posts based on what the posterintended."

Actually, I wrote: ".... what the poster intended." :)

> And I absolutely agree. But a posting to an RDBMS forum, whether
Oracle or
> Sybase or both leads me to think of storing objects inside the
database
> ... not C++ concepts of encapsulation, inheritance, and
polymorphism.

Mebbe it's because I happen to be working on an application that is heavily into OO and the OO has creeped into the RDBMS. All the issues with pounding a round peg into a square whole exist too.

> What the poster indended ... is implicit in where the poster chooses
to
> post.

I believe this is "you like strawberry and I like vanilla"

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