XPost: comp.lang.java.programmer   
   From: ByteCoder@127.0.0.1   
      
   fishfry wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   >  "Tom Dyess"  wrote:   
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   >   
   >>Yes, I would agree with the relational database. ORDB are mainly hype and   
   >>usually promoted by coders that have never had to write a report or mine   
   >>data effectively.   
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   >   
   > Is this really true? I'm an experienced database programmer learning the   
   > Java/OO way of doing things and I'm puzzled that people use Hibernate   
   > and similar tools to define objects, with the database serving as just a   
   > passive serialization mechanism with no thought to database theory. How   
   > can this possibly work in real life? Also I've been told that stored   
   > procedures are not supported by Hibernate, is that true? How can it be   
   > that 20 years of relational theory seems to be getting thrown out   
   > overnight? Or am I just misinformed?   
      
   Well, I'd do it your way. Creating objects based on information returned   
   from a database query is much better than just storing the object in the   
   database, because if you do it 'right' other programs can also use the data.   
      
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