Just because the development tools are object orientated does not mean that the database has to be as well.
Dick Goulet ____________________Reply Separator____________________ Author: =?iso-8859-1?q?Stephane=20Paquette?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 12/20/2002 9:04 AM Is this the future ??? I know one big bank where the development is object oriented and the database (DB2 UDB in this case) is used as a big flat file. The development is using java, j2ee, bea weblogic. --- DENNIS WILLIAMS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > Stefan - I believe the general consensus had emerged > that usually object > features aren't worth the effort. Often there are > few benefits, and if you > don't do it correctly you may see bad performance. > Two questions: > 1. Are your developers/management enamored with > the concept of object, or > is this just your own curiosity? > 2. Is there something about your application that > leads you to believe > that it might derive significant benefit from the > object features? > For general business applications it is hard to beat > the flexibility of the > good old traditional relational data modeling. > The lack of discussion may provide part of the > answer to your question. > > Dennis Williams > DBA, 40%OCP > Lifetouch, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 6:35 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > Hi everybody > > I'm not quite sure wether this has been discussed in > deep before, but I > couldn't find anything satisfieing (hope the > spelling is correct ;)) things > in the archive. > Anyway: Due to my lack of experience with any real > life scenarios with > Oracle's object relational features, I never tried > to recommend the usage of > these and always kept to a "normal" relational > approach. Does anybody have > any experience with Types / Nested Tables and the > like in a (preferrably > big) production system of any kind ? What's > recommendable, where are the > pitfalls ? > > Any input deeply appreciated, > TIA, Stefan > > > > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: > http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: Stefan Jahnke > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 > http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web > hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an > E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of > 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB > ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed > from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information > (like subscribing). > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: > http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: DENNIS WILLIAMS > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 > http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web > hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an > E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of > 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB > ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed > from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information > (like subscribing). > ===== Stéphane Paquette DBA Oracle et DB2, consultant entrepôt de données Oracle and DB2 DBA, datawarehouse consultant [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________________ Lèche-vitrine ou lèche-écran ? magasinage.yahoo.ca -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: =?iso-8859-1?q?Stephane=20Paquette?= INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
