Re: Object-oriented SQL statements

On Jul 24, 2:38 pm, Cimode <cim..._at_hotmail.com> wrote:
> On 24 juil, 18:23, Zorro <zor..._at_tx.rr.com> wrote:
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> > On Jul 23, 1:34 pm, Marshall <marshall.spi..._at_gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > On Jul 23, 7:43 am, Nis Jørgensen <n..._at_superlativ.dk> wrote:
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> > > > Bob Badour skrev:
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> > > > > Zorro wrote:
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> > > > >> Please comment on the approach illustrated in :
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> > > > >>http://www.zhmicro.com/Database.pdf
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> > > > >> On July 19 this was posted at comp.object.
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> > > > > Typical nonsense from comp.object on how to cripple a DBMS by forcing it
> > > > > through a low-level procedural language and a profoundly limited interface.
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> > > > That would be my guess as well, without following the link :-)
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> > > LOL
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> > > Skimmed over it. It doesn't support joins. You can only query one
> > > table at a time.
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> > > This has become the first question I ask when I see a new
> > > approach: what does join support look like?
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> > > Marshall
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> > The list of name of tables is a comma-separated sequence. So it does
> > indeed support join.
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> I do not see how a list of names separated by commas actually support
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> > Thanks for your comment.
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Well, the entire Z++ statement is transformed to its SQL equivalent. The article is very brief (or too short). The Z++ statement is supposed to be close enough to its SQL equivalent so one can see its SQL equivalent by ignoring an item or two. It seems that, at least from reading the article, this is not so at all. Well, that is nice to know and I appreciate your time. Regards,
Z. Received on Wed Jul 25 2007 - 01:22:46 CEST