Re: Object table - Changes to object question confirmation

From: Luch <optimaljedi_at_nospam.com>
Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2004 00:24:18 GMT
Message-ID: <Su0Hc.11588$yy1.9462@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net>

That makes sense. I was indeed thinking of them as alternative to relational design (and then mixing them in with it) which I think would be a great thing to have.

Thanks guys for clearing it up.

> Unfortunately, this point is not generally understood, and so people
> define types called things like EMPLOYEE_TYPE and DEPARTMENT_TYPE,
> full of attributes like SALARY, JOB, etc. Of course these are
> unlikely to remain stable for ever, and so are NOT sensible candidates
> for object data types.
Received on Wed Jul 07 2004 - 19:24:18 CDT