> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Hertz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 2:14 PM
> To: 'Struts Users Mailing List'
> Subject: RE: Hibernate VS ibatis, which is better?
> 
> 
> I go for Hibernate for one reason:
> 
> IMHO: If you *really* want to use SQL, and make youre life 
> easy, you'd avoid
> thinking in terms of persisting specific objects. You'd create one
> ultimately reusable object.
> 
> Every app would use the same object model: at the top, 
> there'd be an object
> which mimic'd a database. It would contain a Set of objects 
> that mimic'd a
> database table. Each table would contain a Set of row 
> objects, and each row
> object would contain a Map of field/value pairs. Maybe not a 
> map. You'd also
> need to know the native type for each field...but you see 
> where I'm going.
> 
> Every Query and Update would use this big ol' collection for 
> what needed to
> go where (looking at the native type for e.
> 
> And Every application using an SQL database could reuse this 
> model. All of
> your code could be geared for it. You would even have custom 
> jsp tags to
> grab data out of this collection. I worked in such a 
> framework once. It had
> it's moments.
> 
> IBatis strikes me as a middle ground between the above POV 
> and Hibernate's.
> I see both philosophies. I just dont get the middle ground. 
> If you want to
> go OO, go OO.

Because if you're melding OO with relational you're in a middle ground.  Pure either 
just doesn't work.

Having worked with a OODBMC in a web environment... that ain't the answer either.  
Espeically with mildly complex object models.


> 
> One day there will be real usable OO databases (not like CA 
> Jasmine. hack.
> cough. wheeze.) and I strongly suspect they'll work alot like 
> hibernate.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: struts Dude [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 4:37 PM
> > To: Struts Users Mailing List
> > Subject: Hibernate VS ibatis, which is better?
> >
> >
> > Hello
> >
> > Just want some feedback from ppl who know
> > both. Which one is more powerful and easier
> > to use?
> >
> > Personally I only know iBatis but seeing so
> > many web app built on hibernate and even
> > a book on hibernate to be published, just
> > wandering if it's worth my time to learn hibernate.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> >
> > 
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