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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@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 - 10:38:46 CDT












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