Re: OO's best feature survey results

From: Alfredo Novoa (alfredo_at_ncs.es)
Date: 11/02/03 

Date: 2 Nov 2003 03:25:18 -0800

JXStern <JXSternChangeX2R@gte.net> wrote in message news:<r6ovpvg7j91ldmve3ebvd47ou90tru99rk@4ax.com>...

 
> Relational is good because it gives you very nearly the mechanical,
> meat-grinder approach to modelling that everyone wants, at least down
> to 3NF.

Relational is good because is the direct application of mathematical
logic to de data management field.

> However, there are entire classes of apps that don't model
> very well to relational.

Wrong, you are misinformed. Which database textbooks did you readed?

> So, one has tradeoffs. It's still a good
> step to do the relational data model first, and to understand what
> leaving it in the RDBMS buys you -- generally, the vast majority of
> your app other than the GUI.

The database design must contain all business logic. The application
is only for presentation and communication.

> OOP, like I said, I see as more a syntactic than semantic tool, so
> whenever something is best done procedurally, OOP tags along.

OO is procedural.
  

Alfredo