you can do it the same way using BMP.
Although I would be careful, I think we, as programmers have convinced
ourselves that if something is in a database it MUST be an entity bean. This
attitude seems to prevail all over, even at my work, where I am having a
heck of a time convincing people it is just not so, or doesnt have to be :)
Al
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven Punte" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Orion-Interest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2000 8:52 PM
Subject: How are database JOINS achieved with EJBs?
> Dear EJB Community:
>
> Entity java beans pretty much represent a row of data
> in a database table.
>
> If one has:
>
> Table X Table Y
> -------------- --------------
> A B C D D E F G
>
> One commonly executes a SQL command like:
>
> select A from X join Y on X.D=Y.D where Y.G ="Bill Clinton"
>
> How would one do the equivalent task in an elegant
> "Enterprise Java Bean" like manner? That is, other
> than simply writing some member function that performs
> a JDBC select command like above.
>
> Inquiring Minds Want To Know
>
> --
> STeve Punte
> e-Business Software Architect
> Technologent Inc
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
