Re: theoretical question on the RDBMS
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 14:19:42 +1000
Message-ID: <ajclpg$mql$1_at_foxhound.dsto.defence.gov.au>
Alan,
Thanks for this. IIRC, the original poster was speculating on do-ing precisely what you describe Access does - put the code and the data into one object. BTW, if one seperates an Access db into two files (one of data, and the other of behaviours) does that get any closer to the formal definition of an RDBMS?
Martin
"Alan" <alanshein_at_erols.com> wrote in message
news:ajb18p$19emf7$1_at_ID-114862.news.dfncis.de...
> Access is a desktop application that supplies tools and a data structure
> with which one can place and retrieve data. Because the tools and data are
> both in the same layer (the .mdb file), it violates one of the most basic
> principles of an RDBMS- independence of data and programs. It also
supports
> ODBC connectivity to RDBMSes.
>
Received on Wed Aug 14 2002 - 06:19:42 CEST