Re: The IDS, the EDS and the DBMS

From: Alfredo Novoa <alfredo_at_ncs.es>
Date: 13 Sep 2004 07:39:33 -0700
Message-ID: <e4330f45.0409130639.20ceae6d@posting.google.com>

fredrik_bertilsson_at_passagen.se (Fredrik Bertilsson) wrote in message news:<31f7e57d.0409110955.7da90d19_at_posting.google.com>...
> > The solution is to include relation variables and the relational
> > algebra/calculus in the application languages and not to hide the
> > declarative set oriented DBMS behind a procedural record oriented
> > layer.
>
> How would such an language look like?

Like Tutorial D.

www.thethirdmanifesto.com

Or like D4

www.alphora.com

> Do you need new language
> constructs,

Yes. Relation and tuple variables, views, constraints, etc.

> or could an API solve the problem?

No, an API can't solve the mismatch because it must have a record oriented interface.

Regards Received on Mon Sep 13 2004 - 09:39:33 CDT