Re: Has E/R had a negative impact on db?
From: Jon Heggland <jon.heggland_at_idi.ntnu.no>
Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 16:12:25 +0200
Message-ID: <e284s7$dlv$1_at_orkan.itea.ntnu.no>
Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 16:12:25 +0200
Message-ID: <e284s7$dlv$1_at_orkan.itea.ntnu.no>
JOG wrote:
> I don't like entities. In fact I despise entities, as the enemy of good
> information philosophy. [...]
>
> Okay, so for those in the know this isn't an issue and E/R is a useful
> tool. But for those not in the know (which appears to be a lot of the
> industry) it promotes the fallacy of the Entity/Relationship
> distinction, of impenetrable wrappers, and encourages the mindset that
> has lead to OODBMS, XML databases, etc.
Agreed. ORM is much better in this regard. It was a major revelation to me to think in terms of *facts* instead of entities.
-- JonReceived on Thu Apr 20 2006 - 16:12:25 CEST