Demo: Db For Dummies

From: Neo <neo55592_at_hotmail.com>
Date: 9 Nov 2004 19:31:33 -0800
Message-ID: <4b45d3ad.0411091931.9faa461_at_posting.google.com>

The XDb2 script below creates/queries a person named john with black skin and red-blue hair; and a person named mary with smooth-white skin and red, silky-smooth hair. A similar RM implementation might use T_Person, T_Skin, T_Hair, T_Color and T_Texture. See www.xdb2.com/example/ex005.asp for more details.

// Create person, skin, hair, color and texture classes

CREATE2 *person.cls = thing;
CREATE2 *skin.cls = thing;
CREATE2 *hair.cls = thing;
CREATE2 *color.cls = thing;
CREATE2 *texture.cls = thing;

// Create black skin

CREATE2 *;
CREATE2 it.cls = skin;
CREATE2 it.color = +black;

// Create smooth-white skin
CREATE2 *;

CREATE2 it.cls = skin;
CREATE2 it.color = +white;
CREATE2 it.texture = +smooth;

// Create red-blue hair
CREATE2 *;

CREATE2 it.cls = hair;
CREATE2 it.color = +red;
CREATE2 it.color = +blue;

// Create red, silky-smooth hair
CREATE2 *;

CREATE2 it.cls = hair;
CREATE2 it.color = +red;
CREATE2 it.texture = +silky;
CREATE2 it.texture = +smooth;

// Create a person named john
// with black skin and red-blue hair

CREATE2 *john.cls = person;
CREATE2 john.skin = (%.cls=skin & %.color=black);
CREATE2 john.hair = (%.cls=hair & %.color=red & %.color=blue);

// Create a person named mary
// with smooth-white skin and red, silky-smooth hair

CREATE2 *mary.cls = person;
CREATE2 mary.skin = (%.cls=skin & %.color=white & %.texture=smooth);
CREATE2 mary.hair = (%.cls=hair & %.color=red & %.texture=silky &

%.texture=smooth);

// Queries that find john

SELECT2 %.cls=person & %.hair=(%.color=blue);
SELECT2 %.cls=person & %.hair=(%.color=red & %.color=blue);
SELECT2 %.cls=person & %.skin=(%.color=black);
SELECT2 %.cls=person & %.skin=(%.color=black) & %.hair=(%.color=red &

%.color=blue);

// Queries that find mary:

SELECT2 %.cls=person & %.hair=(%.texture=silky);
SELECT2 %.cls=person & %.hair=(%.color=red & %.texture=silky);
SELECT2 %.cls=person & %.skin=(%.color=white & %.texture=smooth);
SELECT2 %.cls=person & %.hair=(%.color=red & %.texture=silky &

%.texture=smooth);

// Queries that find john and mary:

SELECT2 %.cls=person; // Any person
SELECT2 %.skin;       // Any thing with skin
SELECT2 %.hair;       // Any thing with hair
SELECT2 %.hair=(%.color=red);  // Any thing with red hair

Received on Wed Nov 10 2004 - 04:31:33 CET