Re: Flamewar object databases vs. relational databases (was: Unknown SQL)

>I'll add just one comment:
>
>I use a simple criteria: The persistence mechanism dictates what type of
 system
>you have, object or relational.
>
>If you use a RDBMS then you have a relational system, even if you use
 Smalltalk,
>Java, C++ over the top.
>If you use a pure OODBMS, then you have an OO system.

I disagree. Since relational supports objects directly, you still have an OO system. In a strict and precise sense, relational is already an OODBMS.

If you choose a network model OODBMS, you have a network model DBMS with all of the drawbacks that entails. If you choose a relational OODBMS, you have a relational DBMS with all of the advantages that entails.

>No doubt there are always reasons for choosing any approach and I am not
 passing
>judgement. In the end the approach chosen will have advantages and
>disadvantages.

First, you have to know what you are really choosing between. Are you really choosing between object vs. relational or are you really choosing between network vs. relational.

Regards,
Bob Received on Sat Jul 21 2001 - 18:29:01 CDT