Re: [sqlite] Question on converting objects into relational db

2009-09-14 Thread CityDev
Simon Slavin-2 wrote: > > You can use property lists. > It's an interesting question as to what that gives you. It's clearly not a relation if you know how it was formed but - just thinking about it briefly - it may still behave as a relation as far as SQL is concerned. But it looks dodgy

Re: [sqlite] Question on converting objects into relational db

2009-09-14 Thread Simon Slavin
On 14 Sep 2009, at 10:38am, CityDev wrote: > Bear in mind a relational database is designed around relations. > It's not > obvious what your 'data model' is but there is a suggestion it > contains > variable types of things. If you want to store variable things then > many of > the

Re: [sqlite] Question on converting objects into relational db

2009-09-14 Thread CityDev
Bear in mind a relational database is designed around relations. It's not obvious what your 'data model' is but there is a suggestion it contains variable types of things. If you want to store variable things then many of the features of a relational database don't work. Often an object maps

Re: [sqlite] Question on converting objects into relational db

2009-09-10 Thread Sebastian Bermudez
eck...@firaxis.com> escribió: > De: Shaun Seckman (Firaxis) <shaun.seck...@firaxis.com> > Asunto: Re: [sqlite] Question on converting objects into relational db > Para: "General Discussion of SQLite Database" <sqlite-users@sqlite.org> > Fecha: jueves, 10 de

Re: [sqlite] Question on converting objects into relational db

2009-09-10 Thread Pavel Ivanov
gt; > Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 9:16:36 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific > Subject: Re: [sqlite] Question on converting objects into relational db > > So why do you think you need a database? > If you want just a persistent storage then maybe simple dump of memory > used by a

Re: [sqlite] Question on converting objects into relational db

2009-09-10 Thread Kavita Raghunathan
" <sqlite-users@sqlite.org> Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 8:45:11 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: Re: [sqlite] Question on converting objects into relational db table might have columns, integer ID and BLOB entity. But it would be better if you could fully describe the "

Re: [sqlite] Question on converting objects into relational db

2009-09-10 Thread Kavita Raghunathan
ot;General Discussion of SQLite Database" <sqlite-users@sqlite.org> Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 9:16:36 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: Re: [sqlite] Question on converting objects into relational db So why do you think you need a database? If you want just a persistent storage

Re: [sqlite] Question on converting objects into relational db

2009-09-10 Thread Shaun Seckman (Firaxis)
...@sqlite.org [mailto:sqlite-users-boun...@sqlite.org] On Behalf Of Kavita Raghunathan Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 12:02 PM To: kennethinbox-sql...@yahoo.com; General Discussion of SQLite Database Subject: Re: [sqlite] Question on converting objects into relational db The entity consists

Re: [sqlite] Question on converting objects into relational db

2009-09-10 Thread Pavel Ivanov
ers@sqlite.org> > Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 8:45:11 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific > Subject: Re: [sqlite] Question on converting objects into relational db > > table might have columns, integer ID and BLOB entity. > > But it would be better if you could fully d

Re: [sqlite] Question on converting objects into relational db

2009-09-10 Thread Kavita Raghunathan
y, September 10, 2009 8:45:11 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: Re: [sqlite] Question on converting objects into relational db table might have columns, integer ID and BLOB entity. But it would be better if you could fully describe the "Entity" internal types instead of just a

Re: [sqlite] Question on converting objects into relational db

2009-09-10 Thread Ken
an <kavita.raghunat...@skyfiber.com> > Subject: [sqlite] Question on converting objects into relational db > To: "sqlite-users" <sqlite-users@sqlite.org> > Date: Thursday, September 10, 2009, 10:30 AM > > I have a very high level question, not dealing with bits > a

[sqlite] Question on converting objects into relational db

2009-09-10 Thread Kavita Raghunathan
I have a very high level question, not dealing with bits and bytes of sqlite: I currently have an object called entity_list, that has a list of all entities on the system. While thinking about it, it sounds like a list of entities is like having a database. Would it be possible to transfer