Re: Best Pratice for mapping OO to Relational ?

Hi,

> I would appreciate some suggestions of Best Practice in this area,
> academic references, Case Studies, or appropriate Links.

http://www.objectarchitects.de/ObjectArchitects/orpatterns/ should help you as an entry point .. There's also links to products there ...

> I have heard of products such as TopLink, Web Logic, etc. being used
> in this area - are there any specific recommendations ?

WebLogic is an application server while TopLink is a very good O/R mapping tool - you might need both product categories depending on your architecture ..

Hope that helps - you will sure get more answers concerning product recommendations from various people in the group

Cheers

Wolfgang