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RE: OOQuery Language
On Thu, 14 Sep 2000, Knapp, Robert \(CAP, CMC\) wrote:
> >%_Falko,
> From what I'm reading here (and I really just skimmed it)
> it sounds like you object (and your reasons are sound) to
> having OOQL built into Ozone.
Do you mean ODMG OQL? I assume yes.
> How about building an OOQL to Ozone bridge, that would do all of the
> by hand work?
>
> Here's my example. I'm working on a Laboratory Information Management
> System, one of the basic requirements for most labs is a SQL-like language
> so that they can print reports and such.
I understand this requirement. What about a XML interface for reports and such?
> If someone were to build a bridge(separate from ozone) that accepted
> queries and spit back collections, would that be an acceptable solution? To
> both you and the people in need of ooql?
In general, even OQL is "acceptable" for me. I just said that am not going to
work on OQL support for ozone now or later.
>
> I've been following this list for a while, and it looks like
> Ozone suits 75%+ of our needs(which to date seems to
> be more than anyone else!),
:)
> so I'd like to try and figure
> out some way to make everyone happy here.
Thank you, Rob. These are very good points.
Conclusion:
- descriptive query lang(s) is(are) needed
- an independent query-kernel seems a good way to implement the pure query
functionality
- different fron-ends can use this kernel to provide the different APIs (OQL,
SODA, 'XQL')
Falko
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