Re: The wisdom of the object mentors (Was: Searching OO Associations with RDBMS Persistence Models)
From: phlip <phlip2005_at_gEEEmail.com>
Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2006 17:04:33 GMT
Message-Id: <pan.2006.06.02.17.04.29.546453_at_gEEEmail.com>
Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2006 17:04:33 GMT
Message-Id: <pan.2006.06.02.17.04.29.546453_at_gEEEmail.com>
Marshall wrote:
>> Team A, however, can sack its DBA any time they feel like, and can easily
>> replace the DB-facing modules with some other system.
>
> False! You might switch Oracle and DB2, but you're not going
> to "easily" replace Postgres with read/write/seek unless you've
> completely failed to understand the value and proper use of
> a DBMS, and treated it as no better than a record store.
Now work his example, replacing editor with application, and string class for database. Narrow any wide interface down to what your application needs, then program to that interface.
-- PhlipReceived on Fri Jun 02 2006 - 19:04:33 CEST