Re: Terminology question

From: Bob Badour <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca>
Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2006 11:50:41 GMT
Message-ID: <lqUKg.8262$9u.115956@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca>

Jonathan Leffler wrote:

> pamelafluente_at_libero.it wrote:
>

>> Hi.
>>
>> I need to give a name to some categories of objects in a program. Name
>> must be clear to the user and possibly 1 word.
>>
>>   o1 = Database  --> "database"
>>   o2 = Connection to a Database (connection string + login info)   -->
>> "connection"
>>   o3 = Connection to Database + SQL/custom program to extract data
>> --> "??"
>>
>> Question.
>>
>> What is the best name for o3. I wanted to call it a "datasource", but
>> some people are arguing that "datasource" is usually the same as
>> database.

>
>
> In ODBC (and JDBC) terminology, a data source (or data source name =
> DSN) is one way of referring to a specific database (there might be
> other DSNs that also refer to the same database). Given a DSN, you can
> establish a connection to it.
>
> So, those arguing with your choice of name have some logic on their side.
>

>>  What is your suggestion for a clear and meaningful naming of these
>> objects ?

>
>
> o1 is OK.

What's so okay about it? Do you think she understands the difference between a database and a dbms? Received on Mon Sep 04 2006 - 06:50:41 CDT