Re: Call for an API standard for SQL statements

From: Fredrik Bertilsson <fredrik_bertilsson_at_passagen.se>
Date: 24 Oct 2004 21:36:23 -0700
Message-ID: <31f7e57d.0410242036.8c3962a_at_posting.google.com>


"Marshall Spight" <mspight_at_dnai.com> wrote:
> When you say "two dimensional", you mean the result has many
> rows and two columns, right?
I don't know if you are kidding or if you really don't know the definition of "dimension". A two-dimensional result is a result with many rows and *many* columns. Relational databases always returns this kind of result. But it many tables are joined, this kind of result could be a little clumsy. A hierachical view would be better.

> > If he wants to avoid lazy loading, he just include the join in the
> > original query.
>
> Well then what's the point of the framework, then?
That's one feature, but the first feature with transforming a two-dimensional result is more important.

Fredrik Bertilsson
http://butler.sourceforge.net Received on Mon Oct 25 2004 - 06:36:23 CEST

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