Re: What're the differences betwen OO database and relational databases?

Good honest response!

Andrew

"Leandro Guimarães Faria Corsetti Dutra" <leandrod_at_mac.com> wrote in message news:3BB1C475.7020509_at_mac.com...
> soda wrote:
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> > I only learn relational databases at school, Object Oriented database
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> That's because relational is the only game in theory.
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> > was virtually unknown then. I've tried to find out but it would be
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> It's still unknown know. It's so ill-defined it seems no two authors can
agree
> on its fundamental concepts.
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> > easier to ask you folks what you think. Does OO database goes faster?
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> Only for application-specific databases.
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> > Easier to maintain? Can I design OO database and use them in MySQL?
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> Much harder to maintain, since you have pointers all over the place.
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> MySQL can't do even SQL properly, much less relation -- don't try to bend
it
> over backwards to the network model.
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> "Network model?", I hear you ask. Yes, OODB is just the network model
under a
> new name, and fitted to *some* OO programming idea -- it's not "the"
because
> even when restricted to programming OO gets no consensus on fundamentals;
when
> it's extended to DBMSs it breaks completely.
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> > Thank you for reading my silly questions?
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> You are welcome, just be sure to do your homework. Get yourself and
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> read "Foundation for Future Database Systems: The Third Manifesto", 2nd
edition,
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> by Chris J Date and Hugh Darwen; but before that make sure you've already
read
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> "An Introduction to Database Systems", 6th or 7th editions, by Chris J
Date.
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> You can find more info about these titles and other relevant ones at
> http://dbdebunk.com./
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>
> By the way, OO is a physical model and relational is a logical one, so
only
> relational is pertinent to a "theory" forum. Asbestos up!
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Received on Fri Sep 28 2001 - 16:27:10 CEST