From: Michael Neumann <neumann@...>
Date: 2001-09-01T23:36:23+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:20670] Re: Ruby, DBI, design

Todd Gillespie wrote:
> Albert L. Wagner <alwagner@uark.edu> wrote:
> : Classes: Table, Column
> : A field is an instance of Column.
> : A row is an array of fields.
> : A column is a collection of attributes: field name, field type,
> : length, etc.
> : A table is a set of attributes: table name, SQL statements, etc
> : A table is also a collection of columns and rows.
> 
> And how have you implemented JOINs?

It's like PStore with multiple keys - no joins. It marshalls Ruby objects and
stores them together with a predefined number of indices in a table. You may select
a specific object (or several ones) with a normal WHERE clause. 


Regards,

  Michael

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