Re: Relationals vs. Objects Databases I

From: Jeremy Rickard <Jeremy_at_SPAM.demon.co.uk>
Date: 1998/01/29
Message-ID: <lLVlVFAFzO00EwMW@jbdr.demon.co.uk>#1/1

In article <orno4KAot6z0Ew29_at_ahardy.demon.co.uk>, Andy Hardy <aph_at_ahardy.demon.co.uk> writes

>Fortunately, you are posting to Oracle groups where we do have a
>language embedded in the database that can do just about anything you
>require. Plus some SQL!

Aka proprietary language (not that there's necessarily anything wrong with that, especially given Oracle's market share). DB2 takes a different approach, allowing you to use a variety of languages (C++, COBOL, Fortran, Java etc.) to write UDF's, stored procedures, and to embed SQL in, of course.

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Jeremy Rickard

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Received on Thu Jan 29 1998 - 00:00:00 CST