Re: Demo: Modelling Cost of Travel Paths Between Towns

> One of the basic properties of an RDBMS is that there can be
> underlying schema changes with no effect on existing code..

Below script demonstrates that XDb2's queries (similar to code) are resilient to changes in "schema" regardless of what things are represented. Please show RM's equivalent/similar query that demonstrates similar resiliency. Having stated that you are paid for your time and are a professional, try to avoid NULLs and duplicate data. If you are able to do that we can then represent additional new things and see if the original queries continue to work.

// XDb2's initial query to find things named john with age property // "SELECT %.age & %.name=john;"

// Martian with no name or age

CREATE *martian.cls = thing; // Create a martian class
CREATE *;                    // Create a thing
CREATE it.cls = martian;     // Classify it as a martian

// Martian with multiple names
CREATE *;                    // Create a thing
CREATE it.cls = martian;     // Classify it as a martian

CREATE it.cls = martian;
CREATE it.cls = plutonian;
CREATE it.name = +john;
CREATE it.age = +10;
CREATE it.age = +"-3.14";

CREATE it.cls = venutian;
CREATE it.name = +john;
CREATE it.age = +very old;

CREATE it.cls = venutian;
CREATE it.name = +john;
CREATE it.age = +very old;

// Execute original query
// (still works regardless of things represented) SELECT %.age & %.name=john; Received on Sat Dec 04 2004 - 01:20:58 CET