From: stefano <scobianchi@...>
Date: 2002-12-18T21:30:08+09:00
Subject: Re: Data Modeling/Object Modeling (was Re: [OT] RE: help -- persuade my boss to adopt ruby)

On Wed, 18 Dec 2002 19:08:48 +0900, Gavin Sinclair wrote:

> Relevant to this thread, but not in reply to anything in particular:
> 
> Since relational DBs have advantages over OODBs in your opinion, Austin, what
> kind of strategy do you have for accessing them from an OO application?
> 
> I ask because, although I also very much like relational DBs, there is
> obviously a bridge to be crossed between the DB and the app.  I've never seen
> this problem solved once and for all. 

In my experience, Enterprise Objects Framework might not be the solution
that solves the problem once and for all, but it comes pretty close...
I was a WebObjects developer for 2 years (back when it was Objective-C
only) and we did some pretty serious stuff with it - even managed to crash
Oracle once or twice :-)

-- 
ste