From Scott Adams Wally: I recommedend we build a tracking database. Dilbert: We could put it on the network! PHB: Wouldn't you like to know what the problem is first? Dilbert: We like databases.
Databases get used in lots of wrongheaded ways. No argument. But OO people tend to fall into the other trap, treating the database as a 'persistance mechanism'. Then ending up with tons of objects with no behavior other than being able to persist and reify themselves from a datastore. And blaming the database because it's not great at that. On Thursday 10 October 2002 08:00 am, Tom Copeland wrote: > Since we're OT already, I have to interject a good Jamie Zawinski > database quote: > > =========== > It was a hard sell, since he's a database person, and as far as I've > seen, once those database worms eat into your brain, it's hard to ever > get anything practical done again. To a database person, every nail > looks like a thumb. Or something like that. > =========== > > tom > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Downey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 8:52 PM > To: Jakarta General List > Subject: Re: Differences between Structs and Turbine ??? > > On Wednesday 09 October 2002 07:18 pm, Pier Fumagalli wrote: > > On 9/10/02 3:47, "Berin Loritsch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Even when Quick and Dirty takes longer. I tried to convince my boss > > that > > > > a certain "customization" required so many fundamental changes that > > it > > > > would be quicker and easier to develop/maintain if we did it right. > > He > > > > told me that he would never be able to convince the CEO that was the > > > right choice, so the "Quick and Dirty" route was the choice--taking > > me > > > > twice as long to get it done. > > > > I got out of the same tie today, but I won! :-) And it was about > > Objects in > > > PL-SQL... That was a close one! :-) > > Objects in PL-SQL. > > I still have nightmares. > > SQLJ and Oracle's Object extensions were so seductive. > > <shudder> > > And I'm in the camp that thinks the ad going around with the > snail/cheetah <=> > Relational/Object just shows that most OO developers are ignorant > regarding > the relational model. > > > Pier -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
