Re: Object-oriented thinking in SQL context?

Bob Badour wrote:

>> My personal
>> experience coincides with this impression - OO is a very
>> useful tool.
>
>If one assumes a low-level physical computational model, it is useful.
>The relational model and SQL don't make that assumption.

That is because they don't address the same problems.

As long as you're happy manipulating typical business data in a database, the relational model is all you need.

As soon as you try to build working software systems, some considerations arise that the relational model has nothing to say about. E.g. how do we design and implement a GUI to present data and allow their manipulation? How do we split systems into parts that can be designed and implemented independently and can be reused? OO was created to address these issues. Relational theory doesn't. Besides, OO is neither low-level nor a computational model.

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Reinier