Re: Is a Query langauge really necessary in an OODB?

> I know (from other posts/threads) you don't have much use for OO, but
> an overriding principle of good OO design is: Object shall implement
> their own behavior. The current crop of tools have it backwards.
> Rather than the report generator using some method (SQL) to reach
> inside my object (record),

An SQL call is not reaching 'inside your object (record)', it's making a call to (usually) the DB engine. This is not anti OOP.

JM

> my object should create and pass a view of
> itself to the report generator (which is responsible for layout). Thus
> the 'generic' capability is not dependent upon a standard method (SQL)
> of violating encapsulation.

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> Brian Price
>
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