Re: relational vs object
From: Carl Rosenberger <carl_at_db4o.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:06:27 +0100
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Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:06:27 +0100
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"Neil Burnett" <neil_at_efc.be> wrote:
> So, OODBMS are great for the programmer.
It would be very nice if more programmers would realize this.
> I didn't read anything in
> there about data integrity or ad hoc querying
I was writing about the "cons" of object databases. Relational databases clearly are stronger in supporting integrity constraints and querying.
> - the two most important things for the end user.
I agree.
There are some object databases that do featutre integrity constraints. Some also support OQL or SQL also, although the supported subsets are not too extensive.
Kind regards,
Carl
--- Carl Rosenberger db4o - database for objects - http://www.db4o.comReceived on Thu Mar 14 2002 - 12:06:27 CET