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From: DMasterson@cup.portal.com (David Scott Masterson)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: object-oriented DBMS's
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Date: 16 May 89 05:34:22 GMT
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I'm looking for some basic information on object-oriented databases and how
they can be of benefit OVER relational databases.  It seems to me that an
object-oriented interface to a database is just another layer on top of a
database system (say, relational).  Also, it would seem that access of data
from the database would be at a very fundamental level (the object) and
thus would not be able to take advantage of the set processing capabilities
of the database system.  Can OODBMSs really implement methods against
objects at all levels or are objects that are stored in an OODBMS kept at a
general level with general methods?  I think I'm opening up a can of worms,
but what the h***.  I have a few ideas on this, but I'm interested getting
a better handle on the state of the art first.

What do you think?   ;-)

David Masterson
DMasterson@cup.portal.com