Re: Implementation of object database in relational database
From: Alfredo Novoa <alfredo_novoa_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 17:38:46 +0200
Message-ID: <cbrb91pp7h17fpi40408c6h79mulhev2g1_at_4ax.com>
Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 17:38:46 +0200
Message-ID: <cbrb91pp7h17fpi40408c6h79mulhev2g1_at_4ax.com>
On 26 May 2005 08:32:43 -0700, "--CELKO--" <jcelko212_at_earthlink.net> wrote:
>One of the questions was how we should put OO stuff into SQL. His
>answer was that Bells Labs, with all their talent, had tried four
>different approaches to this problem and come the conclusion that you
>should not do it. OO was great for programming but deadly for data.
The reason is that OO relies on a massive use of pointers, and pointers are deadly for databases.
Regards Received on Thu May 26 2005 - 17:38:46 CEST