XPost: comp.databases.rdb, comp.databases.revelation, comp.databases.object   
   From: corey@spectrumsoftware.net   
      
   "Bob Badour"  wrote in message   
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   > "Corey Brown"  wrote in message   
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   > >   
   > > "Alfredo Novoa"  wrote in message   
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   > > > Nobody  wrote in message   
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   > > > > Relational databases use keys.  Object databases use some sort of   
   > > > > pointer to physical storage location.   
   > > > >   
   > > > > That's all.   
   > > > >   
   > > >   
   > > > 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.   
   >   
   > That's about as useful as observing the difference between cars and   
   > airplanes is to note that airplanes use bulkheads and cars use airbags.   
      
       Let's not confuse safety features with structural features here Bob. I   
   think   
       my answer to Alfredo pretty much sums up what an end user (programmer)   
       encounters when using these two technologies. I think it is useful for a   
   programmer   
       or architect to know the limitations of either technology, but I don't   
   think that   
       they have to hold a PhD in database theory in order to make educated   
   decisions   
       about when to use one technology over the other.   
      
       Please, if you can't share you knowledge with others in a civilized   
   manner   
       then don't bother to post these kinds of snide remarks here. From   
   reading your   
       other posts I take it that you have a high level of understanding of the   
       theory behind database technology. Unfortunately you tend to stoop to   
       juvenile behavior when it comes to responding to the vast majority of   
       the posts in this forum. If I wanted to read that kind of crap, I could   
   just   
       as easily tune over to the Linux groups and take part in a flame fest   
   about   
       which editor I think is best. Let's leave that for the kiddies ok?   
      
       --Corey   
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