I'm not sure they're all that unique...at least to my line of thought. I remember I used to work with recordsets in CF, but eventually, I would need to use behaviors I had already defined in a model so I'd have to cast them as objects. Eventually, I began using the database more as persistence rather than a data store so regardless of what I'm doing nowadays, I do seem to be working with objects. I don't use views or stored procs as the languages in the db are a pain in the butt to work with and version control is even a bigger pita.
When I see someone touting how easy it is to "get a recordset", I'm sent back 10 years ago when I was hearing that same argument. 10 years ago, that was a relevant argument. 10 years in web development is a long time ago. There are better arguments to be made today. as for the cars...do you think the gas car manufacturers will be as in demand as the electric car manufacturers in 5 years? 10 years? On Nov 28, 2009, at 7:31 PM, Raymond Camden wrote: > > Yep, great examples, and also _extremely_ unique examples. Most of us > will not be building a Facebook any time soon. Hence my argument that > relational dbs are here to stay for a while. Just because they don't > work for Facebook doesn't mean it won't work for the 99.99% of the > rest of us. ;) Just like your argument about cars. Yes they could be > build better - I'm sure the standard tank is a lot better than a car - > but it isn't cost efficient or practical for the majority of us. > > On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 6:45 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> facebook. >> amazon s3 >> most cloud computing db's >> >> >> >> On Nov 28, 2009, at 6:23 PM, Vivec wrote: >> >>> >>> hmm...realies? >>> What are all these applications that don't use relational databases to >>> handle large volumes of data? >>> >>> 2009/11/28 Raymond Camden <[email protected]>: >>>>> The newer apps I've been seeing are relying less on relational databases >>>>> for their storage so querying a recordset becomes less important. >>>> >>>> Sure - because not every app needs a relational database. I think it >>>> would be foolish to assume so - just as it is foolish to assume >>>> objects should be used everywhere >>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:308640 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
