RE: Object oriented oracle ?

There is a term for this situation, Object Based Programming... I am currently
developing under such conditions, trying to uphold an object-oriented design using
PLSQL in the server. When comparing this to the C++ precompiler (C++ == OO)
that translates the C++ code into ordinary C code, using nameing conventions and
concatenated name paths for resolving inheritance, aggregation et c, there are
great similarities and not much one cannot implement. The concept i'm developing
within is invented by some great geniouses within the company i work for and is used for a
new windows based implementation of all applications (usoing SQLWindows in the client).

//Magnus Nyborg
email: many_at_lkp.ifsab.se

On den 31 maj 1996, Jeff Crew wrote...
> There is some general debate about whether databases like
> Oracle or Sybase are Object Oriented.
> My feeling is that if a database can support things like
> code modularity, message passing via stored code, information
> hiding, and code re-use; then the database can possibly
> support Object Oriented constructs. Oracle does this via
> stored packages, procedures, functions, and triggers. While
> tables, views, and indexes are objects. They probably not the
> object oriented type objects your thinking of.
> At the TUSC Web site (www.tusc.com) there is a Powerpoint
> presentation on Object Oriented PL/SQL. I would suggest
> reading that. And reading some of Boch's books on Object
> Oriented design.
>
> Good luck - this is kind of a vague topic to grasp for
> relational databases.
>
> Jeff Crew
>
>
Received on Mon Jun 03 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST