Re: why hierarchy?

Neo wrote:
> > http://www.intelligententerprise.com/db_area/archives/1999/991105/online2.jhtml;jsessionid=4J3MNANICW05WQSNDLRCKHSCJUNN2JVN
>
> The above article compares CODASYL Network to RM. Dbd isn't based on
> CODASYL Network, Hierarchal, MV, RM, XML, RDF, ProLog, lists, LISP or
> some combination thereof. It is based on something more fundamental
> that allows it to do all that the above can do but in a more general
> manner, thus requiring more processing power and memory.

Sure, I was just pointing out that the same conclusions apply when it comes to querying. I hope you can continue to have discussion in the future as you have in the last few posts. I'd personally appreciate less spamming (after all this was a thread about XML), and more specific use of terms (e.g. 'can do it in a more general manner' is far too nebulous) may get back a bit of that goodwill that has been lost - you'll get much better response and that will help your database journey (and its vital that you do RM/OO/etc comparisons yourself!). One should never forget we are always learning, and that there is always someone out there more experienced and learned than oneself.

This newsgroup is a valuable resource, and not to be neglected. Good luck. Received on Tue Aug 01 2006 - 19:51:45 CEST