Re: Unknown SQL

Philip Lijnzaad wrote:
> >> If object databases do not introduce unneeded own constructs, switching
> >> between vendors becomes very easy: You simply need no maintenance work
 at
> >> all. Load all objects out of one database and store it to the other.
>
> [ I agree with this, but I don't see it happining any time soon,
> unfortunately ]

Unfortunately I don't see this happening soon either.

However IT moves fast.
Nobody ever expected to see the Berlin wall fall.

> >> Of course there are areas where standardization work will be necessary:
> >> 1.) Persistency callback functions
> >> 2.) Queries
> >> 3.) Locking and isolation level behaviour
>
> [ incidentally, much groundwork for this appears to have been done by the
> CORBA folks ]

Thank you very much for the hint. I will start to research OMG and CORBA work soon.

Kind regards,
Carl

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Carl Rosenberger
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