Re: S.O.D.A. database Query API - call for comments

On Thu, 03 May 2001 01:12:33 GMT, Aaron <nospam_at_xl2.net> wrote:
>Everyone here seems to be missing the fundamental difference between odb
>and rdb. Odb uses pointers and rdb uses keys.

I still miss it, Odb needs both -- needs to be a superset of relational. Don't most people agree?

I guess if they know little about relational, they might not agree.

>Mikito Harakiri wrote:
>
>> If nesting is the only feature that you leverage, then the approach is
>> essentially CODASYL, or even worse, hierarhical db.

I'm not sure which is "worse". They each have positives, too. And, with relatively few constraints, relational front ends can be on either.

J. Received on Sat Jul 21 2001 - 13:00:45 CDT