Re: Dreaming About Redesigning SQL

From: Vadim Tropashko <vadimtro_at_yho.cm>
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 10:34:49 -0800
Message-ID: <xIdnb.26$nM4.241@news.oracle.com>

Mikito Harakiri wrote:
> "Bob Badour" <bbadour_at_golden.net> wrote in message
> news:3rudnXhh4tAyFwGiXTWJkQ_at_golden.net...
>

>>>>One can describe anything relationally. What makes you think it impossible
>>>>to describe a GUI relationally?
 >

> You have
> to specify 2-dimensional spatial relations among the GUI elements, and this
> is where the problem becomes serious.

GUI representation has so many details that it's fair to say that GUI is physical implementation of logical data that it visualizes.

This makes the whole picture very symmetrical. We have data described ones on logical level and 2(!) implementational sides. The physical database implementation (at the storage side) and the physical GUI representation. The relational data abstraction is the interface between the 2.

Of course, the idea that GUI is physical is not a very constructive one:-( Received on Mon Oct 27 2003 - 12:34:49 CST