Re: Object Table

Originally posted by Mikito Harakiri

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> > Object views are a great interface between OO applications
> and

> > relational databases. The advantage to the OO programmer is
> that you

> > can get an order and all its lines in one fetch (by mapping the
> order

> > lines to a nested table column within the view), and similarly
> write

> > data back that way. The advantage to the database designer (and
> to the

> > business) is that the data is held in normalised relational
> tables that

> > facilitate queries and is not compromised by an application-
> centric view

> > of the data.

>

> You assume that there is such thing as "Business Object". This
> assumption is flawed.

>

Actually, I don't. Personally, I wouldn't build a business system using "business objects" at all. But if people out there are going to (and they are), I would prefer they used an object view interface to a relational database rather than screwed up the database to match their OO perspective.

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