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   From: corey@spectrumsoftware.net   
      
   "Alfredo Novoa"  wrote in message   
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   > > Relational databases use keys.  Object databases use some sort of   
   > > pointer to physical storage location.   
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   > > That's all.   
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   > Is this a nonsense competition?   
      
       Alfredo, why don't you explain to us why you think this answer is   
   nonsense.   
       Don't relational databases rely on foreign keys to relate data in one   
   table row   
       to another table row? I'm pretty sure they do and I am also pretty sure   
   that ODBM   
       systems do use direct pointers to relate objects together.   
      
       Yes object databases are relatives of  "Network Model" databases, but   
       so what!  There are certain types of applications that can benefit from   
   the   
       use of object database systems. Personally I use all the tools at my   
   disposal   
       when architecting a solution for a particular problem. I don't try to   
   wedge   
       relational database solutions into problems that can benefit from   
   alternate   
       database technologies.   
      
       --Corey   
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   > Alfredo   
      
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