Re: Is it possible to use a database though any high-level API?

From: David Cressey <cressey73_at_verizon.net>
Date: Wed, 02 May 2007 20:32:01 GMT
Message-ID: <5z6_h.3224$kg1.612@trndny04>

"Marshall" <marshall.spight_at_gmail.com> wrote in message news:1178135368.570362.183080_at_q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
> On May 2, 12:06 pm, Volker Hetzer <firstname.lastn..._at_ieee.org> wrote:
> > The OO databases I had seen only had programming
> > language interfaces like for C++ or Java. No query language, no console
or
> > other ad-hoc query tool.
>
> WHAT were they thinking?!
>

They were thinking like programmers. Those of us who see the value in data-centric data management always have to be on the lookout for "the revenge of the nerds".

This is only one case among hundreds like it. There is no sign of universal enlightenment in the forseeable future.

>
> Marshall
>
>
Received on Wed May 02 2007 - 15:32:01 CDT