Re: Terminology question

From: Marshall <marshall.spight_at_gmail.com>
Date: 4 Sep 2006 12:43:22 -0700
Message-ID: <1157399002.525782.121820@m79g2000cwm.googlegroups.com>

Bob Badour wrote:

> There are a number of names that have been used for similar things:
> channels, connections, sessions. For some reason, connect seems to have
> taken hold among database implementations. I find "connecting to a
> database" wrong-minded and borderline anthropomorphizing.

I speculate it could have to do with the fact that typically a dbms is accessed over a network, and in TCP terminology, opening a socket is called "connecting."

Marshall Received on Mon Sep 04 2006 - 14:43:22 CDT