If anything, crossdb is something that is a few generations behind Torque in
terms of functionality and design.
http://jakarta.apache.org/turbine/torque/
Funny how all the rage recently seems to be creating these OR tools.
-jon
on 4/21/02 7:29 PM, "Tim Vernum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: Andrew C. Oliver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
>> On Sun, 2002-04-21 at 21:10, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>>> The project is called crossdb and can be found at www.crossdb.com.
>>>
>>> What is it?
>>> crossdb is a Java API that is used to create SQL statements
>> that are database independent. So you can write an
>> application and have it run the exact same on any database
>> (ie: MySQL, Oracle, MS SQL Server, etc.)
>
>> Out of morbid curiosity... I couldn't find this answered on the
>> website... How is this different then hsql
>> (hsqldb.sourceforge.net) and
>> why would I want to use it as opposed to hsql?
>
> I have nothing to do with either project, but hsql *is* a database.
> crossdb is a database API
>
> Your question is somewhat akin to "what's the difference between
> jdbc and oracle?"
>
> To the original poster (Travis), if you haven't already done so,
> you should read
> http://jakarta.apache.org/site/newproject.html
> and formulate your proposal to cover all the issues dicussed there.
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