From: "Peña, Botp" <botp@...>
Date: 2008-10-07T18:11:16+09:00
Subject: Re: RINQ?

From: Trans [mailto:transfire@gmail.com] 
#...
#   r = query do
#         from :c => :customer, :a => :account, :b => :bank
#         select b.name
#         where (( c.firstname == first1 ) |
#                ( c.firstname == first2 ) ) &
#               ( c.lastname =~ last ) &
#               ( a.owner == c ) &
#               ( a.bank == b )
#   end

try

   r = query(customer, account, bank)  do |c,a,b|
         select (( c.firstname == first1 ) |
                ( c.firstname == first2 ) ) &
                ( c.lastname =~ last ) &
                ( a.owner == c ) &
                ( a.bank == b ) .
         collect b.name
       end

#...
# But is Ruby ultimately expressive enough? We
# may end up adding enough new syntax

i think ruby syntax is more than enough (imho). In a way, i'd like to think like active records when it comes to databases (in mfowler's sense, not rails) and use ruby to implem.

kind regards -botp