I feel a content repository such as JSR170 leads to an easier and better storage for a lot of applications (especially for all those insurance related information). This allows us to store the related data for a customer in one spot, provides us with an XML style interface to the data if we need it and also gives us a sort of sql like access to the data in a table like fashion so we can provide access to the data for reporting, etc. I tend to favor that approach.
just my 2c Ruben On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 2:34 PM, Steven Herod <[email protected]>wrote: > > I don't think its a matter of 'taking over', as always, one size, does > not fit all. > > In the domain I'm currently working in, (Insurance) we have alot of > product information which is fairly complex and needs to be maintained > over a long period (a life insurance policy may exist for upwards of > 40 years). As such, we have date which there are relatively few > records (< 1 million) but high variance in structure. > > A traditional relational database is pretty poor at handling this, and > curiously, the COBOL copybook approach with a non relational > 'database' fits pretty well. The closest modern equivalent is > probably XML. > > I'm not sure if an object oriented DB would help here, never looked > into it, and by nature, we're fairly conservative at work. Unless > such tech got a high penetration it would be unlikely to be selected. > > > > On May 14, 9:12 pm, Nico <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'd like to hear the posse discuss why technologies such ashttp:// > www.db4o.com/ > > has not yet taken over from the traditional Relational Databases like > > Oralce, SQL Server, MySQL.. > > > > Is it because the technology is not mature enough or is it because of > > vested interest both political and monetary in large enterprises? > > > -- Ruben Reusser headwire.com, Inc 949 595 4365 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
