Re: Mixing OO and DB
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 16:32:32 -0600
Message-ID: <2008030416323223810-unclebob_at_objectmentorcom>
On 2008-03-03 06:50:39 -0600, "David Cressey" <cressey73_at_verizon.net> said:
> In my original perspective, the single thing that ties together all the
> applications and all the databases that collaborate by sharing data is just
> one thing: data. If you understand the data, and you understand the
> (observable) behavior of each of the applications and each of the databases,
> you can understand the system. Otherwise, you can't understand the system.
However, when writing application code is often advantageous to take a
behavioral perspective. By the same token, when designing queries and
modeling enterprises it helps to take a data point of view.
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