Path: dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu!spool.maxwell.syr.edu!drn.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.glorb.com!transit.nntp.hccnet.nl!newsfeeder.wxs.nl!news3.kpn.net!news.kpn.net!teleglobe.net!62.81.31.29.MISMATCH!cyclone.auna.com!news-feeder.eresmas.com!news-reader.eresmas.com!not-for-mail From: Alfredo Novoa Newsgroups: comp.databases.theory Subject: Re: Relational vs network vs hierarchic databases Message-ID: <3mlso09ft6f97nbin32ssmcti2ih5nc01g@4ax.com> References: <31f7e57d.0411070332.2cfb9596@posting.google.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 2.0/32.652 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 32 Date: Sun, 07 Nov 2004 18:09:46 +0100 NNTP-Posting-Host: 80.103.109.110 X-Complaints-To: abuse@eresmas.com X-Trace: news-reader.eresmas.com 1099847891 80.103.109.110 (Sun, 07 Nov 2004 18:18:11 MET) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 07 Nov 2004 18:18:11 MET Organization: eresMas Xref: dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu comp.databases.theory:27888 On 7 Nov 2004 03:32:55 -0800, fredrik_bertilsson@passagen.se (Fredrik Bertilsson) wrote: >Sometimes when debating with OO people they claim that network and >hierarchic databases are better than relational databases. They are ignorant. > I can't see >any problem space that would be easier to model with the network or >hierarchic model. Fine, because such problem space does not exist. > The only thing that could be better with network and >hierarchic databases is performace in some special situations No, you are wrong. Performance is independent to the data model. >, but >otherwise I can't see any advantages with these paradigs, or? They don't have any advantage, that's why they are obsolete and deprecated. > What are >the advantages with network and hierarchic databases vs relational? None. Regards