Re: Reminder, blatant ad

From: Jan Hidders <jan.hidders_at_REMOVETHIS.pandora.be>
Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2006 21:07:31 GMT
Message-ID: <naOGf.246067$8o7.7694409_at_phobos.telenet-ops.be>


dawn wrote:
>
> [...] If you were writing
> a "data processing 101" type of application, such as a "Pet Store" app
> (if you are familiar with the Java and other Pet Store examples) or the
> Joke Response System described on my web site
> http://www.tincat-group.com/swdev/jokesreq.html and you had complete
> freedom in tool and standards selections, would you be more likely to
> choose a Relational Model to work with your DBMS or an "XML data model"
> or other model that includes attributes with list values?

For the Joke Response System I would choose RM-oriented tools, as I don't think that the data and the associated access patterns are evidently hierarchically organized.

> Additionally, if you chose a SQL-DBMS tool for practical purposes such
> as wide-spread use and availability, is there something lacking from
> current tools that use alternative data models (e.g. XML database,
> Cache', PICK databases such as IBM U2, Berkeley-DB,...) that would
> cause you to reconsider if such features magically appeared?

Hmmm, data independence would be an important factor.

  • Jan Hidders
Received on Thu Feb 09 2006 - 22:07:31 CET

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