Re: The wisdom of the object mentors (Was: Searching OO Associations with RDBMS Persistence Models)
From: Marshall <marshall.spight_at_gmail.com>
Date: 2 Jun 2006 00:22:42 -0700
Message-ID: <1149232962.386750.228620_at_i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>
Date: 2 Jun 2006 00:22:42 -0700
Message-ID: <1149232962.386750.228620_at_i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>
Robert Martin wrote:
> On 2006-05-31 11:14:52 -0500, "Mikito Harakiri"
> <mikharakiri_nospaum_at_yahoo.com> said:
> >
> > Database API is SQL.
>
> If only it were so.
Here, Robert is clearly saying that SQL is not the database API. But shortly afterward, in the same thread:
Robert Martin wrote:
> [...] But I find your answers to be contradictory.
> You say that application developers should not isolate their code from
> the DBMS API, and yet you also say that they should not spread SQL
> throughout their code. To me those two things are synonyms.
Here, Robert is clearly saying SQL *is* the database API.
I am unsure what to make of this.
Marshall Received on Fri Jun 02 2006 - 09:22:42 CEST