Re: GDBM vs. RDBMS Research

From: Alexey Popov <javaby_at_yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 17:04:55 +0300
Message-ID: <3D6A3587.9000409@yahoo.co.uk>

Hi Jan,

You do not understand.
GDBM is GNU Database Manager. It's a library.

Jan.Hidders wrote:

> In article <3D6A1DD9.4090000_at_yahoo.co.uk>,
> Alexey Popov <javaby_at_yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>

>>I need public opinion about GDBM in comparison with RDBMS.
>>

>
> Those are not two distinct classes. A Geographical DBMS might be defined as
> any DBMS that has special support for geographical data in terms of
> querying, indexing and representing. So it could be an extended RDBMS or
> OODBMS, or ORDBMS, or something else entirely. In fact the extension might
> even stay within the particular paradigm of the DBMS and for example
> for the relational model define only a few extra domains with special
> operators. So it is a bit as if you are asking how convertibles compare to
> Mercedeses.
>
> -- Jan Hidders

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Best regards,
Alexey Popov
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Received on Mon Aug 26 2002 - 09:04:55 CDT