Re: OOP - a question about database access

From: Alfredo Novoa <alfredo_at_ncs.es>
Date: 11 Nov 2003 06:19:12 -0800
Message-ID: <e4330f45.0311110619.3d1f9cfc@posting.google.com>

"Marshall Spight" <mspight_at_dnai.com> wrote in message news:<mWPrb.120173$ao4.372128_at_attbi_s51>...

> Sometimes you *want* to specify the algorithm, and not just the
> result, for performance reasons. That said, one still wants to be
> as declarative as possible. (One may also wish to separate the
> levels at which one acts procedurally vs. declaratively.)

A good way is to have an extendable optimizer.

The optimizer would recognize a special pattern and would execute the specific algorithm behind the scenes.

Alfredo Received on Tue Nov 11 2003 - 08:19:12 CST