From cocoon-dev-return-37651-apmail-xml-cocoon-dev-archive=xml.apache.org@xml.apache.org Tue Mar 04 11:37:29 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-xml-cocoon-dev-archive@xml.apache.org Received: (qmail 45743 invoked by uid 500); 4 Mar 2003 11:37:29 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cocoon-dev-help@xml.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Reply-To: cocoon-dev@xml.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list cocoon-dev@xml.apache.org Received: (qmail 45714 invoked from network); 4 Mar 2003 11:37:28 -0000 Received: from anchor-post-32.mail.demon.net (194.217.242.90) by daedalus.apache.org with SMTP; 4 Mar 2003 11:37:28 -0000 Received: from media.demon.co.uk ([80.177.14.141]) by anchor-post-32.mail.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 18qAjf-0001OY-0W for cocoon-dev@xml.apache.org; Tue, 04 Mar 2003 11:37:27 +0000 Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2003 11:37:27 +0000 Subject: Re: Flow Layer Database API Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v551) From: Jeremy Quinn To: cocoon-dev@xml.apache.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-Reply-To: <35854.10.0.0.1.1046776211.squirrel@ags01.agsoftware.dnsalias.com> Message-Id: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.551) X-Spam-Rating: daedalus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N On Tuesday, March 4, 2003, at 11:10 AM, Antonio Gallardo wrote: >> On a personal note, it is unfortunate because I think your new >> techniques will be more attractive to my Client! Even though it may >> not >> be the best way to work, they will find it easier to understand, being >> closer to what they used to do. So even though I might prefer O-R >> Mapping, I don't think they will. > > > I think O/R Mapping at the first sight looks a doom. But when I closer > see > it. It is the same stuff we do when we write modular Database Actions. > The > database.xml is a real O/R mapping without Beans. I would like to understand this better ;) But unfortunately, ModularDatabase stuff stubbornly remains completely opaque to me! I cannot get my head around it (but then I am a complete beginner to RDBMS programming). I heartily encourage you to send in some examples :) regards Jeremy