Re: S.O.D.A. database Query API - call for comments

Mikito Harakiri schrieb:
> Here the
> old OODB cliche about assembling disassembling car boomerangs back: why
 would I
> have to put any effort constructing my objects if they would be teared
 apart at
> the end of the request?

well, at least you can make sure easily that all data is valid. this is one of the main points of the OO paradigm: the object controls its internal state and makes sure that it satisfies certain conditions. of couse, simply storing something unchecked does not need very much checking here...

> Indeed, given an complex UI appication, why can't I ask to find all the
 combobox
> widgets with a country list easily? I shipped this monster application
 last
> month and customer wants to update country lists everywhere changing th
 e "All"
> option to blank entry. Please don't tell me "you have to reuse". No mat
 ter now
> bad my implementation is, the request is so simple and it could be easi
 ly
> formulated in -- guess what -- SQL. Some people like Peter Douglass in
> comp.object already expressed an idea of having relational engine with
 in
> programming environment...

this is an interesting idea...

regards

        robert

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