Re: The wisdom of the object mentors (Was: Searching OO Associations with RDBMS Persistence Models)



On 2006-05-31 08:04:41 -0500, frebe73@xxxxxxxxx said:

A DBMS is a tool, not an overarching philosophy, nor
the core of the system design. A DBMS is a *mechanism* that can be
used to *implement* certain elements of the system design.

A DBMS is a tool. But the relational model is an overarching
philosophy.

I agree with that. However, the decision to use that philosophy can be defered, sometimes for a very long time.
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