Re: I think that relational DBs are dead. See link to my article inside
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 18:56:59 +0200
Message-ID: <e8u0sk$rqg$1_at_ss408.t-com.hr>
Bob Badour wrote:
>
> I can only conclude you lack intelligence, education or both. The reason
> RDBMS will remain for a long time is exactly the reason why OODBMS is
> going nowhere: the foundations upon which each is built. One is founded
> on modern mathematics and the other is founded on nothing much in
> particular.
>
>> WRT technical reasons... OK I'll give you an example. >> I do use RDBMS for storage but the way I use it I could use dBase too.
>
> Why do you do that? Are you braindead or something?
I'm simply writing object oriented applications that need persistence,
and as you seem to have noticed (since you claim that OO model is
founded on nothing), RDBMS and ER model in general is obviously unfit
for the purpose.
Its a well know fact, here, have a look:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object-Relational_impedance_mismatch
Access to objects in object-oriented programs is allegedly best
performed via interfaces that together provide the only access to the
internals of an object. Similarly, essential OOP concepts for classes of
objects, inheritance and polymorphism, are not supported by database
systems.
...
In particular, relational database transactions, as the smallest unit of
work performed by databases, are much larger than any operations
performed by objects in object-oriented design.
...
>> I don't need referential integrity or cascades, since OO model takes >> care of it.
>
> Yeah, sure. Right.
>> This isn't production code, in fact I've never even tried it, as I >> never needed it.
>
> I see. You won't need it until you need it. And then what?
I suggest you rephrase your question to emphasize expected answer more
clearly.
Or why not just tell me, you _know_, right?
>> But my point is it gets much more simpler with OOP.
>
> Correction: Your ignorant assertion is it gets much more simpler with
> OOP. Any informed and reasonably intelligent person will think you are a
> nut just for saying it.
> Is it? And what is the foundation of these event models you imagine? How
> do they differ from triggered procedures?
Errr... how about you take a course or two in OOP? You might dig that in just a few hours...
Regards... Received on Mon Jul 10 2006 - 18:56:59 CEST