Re: PostgreSQL (fwd)

perhaps you'd better first find an evaluation copy of informix, seems that
they have more systematic and well-thought feature set.

there are some historical relations between informix (esp. Object
relational features) -- share the same original source code!

my understanding is that more recent pg focus is to make it as a
strong mission critical (i.e. "real", "industrial") relational
db. so, the OO or OR features -- esp. "advanced" ones -- are kind
of putting aside. so, that is why I suggest you take a look on informix
first.

however, please come back!!! just imagine, if your thesis' title is
"..... using informix and JDBC", it will be much less attractive! also,
you may leave a very pround product or half-product for PG. So, use
informix to get started, but do real work on PG! we are looking forward
to your work.

BTW, why not OODB? also, java has a new data interface almost identical
to OODB query standard. I know, it's much more difficult, perhaps in
between Master and Ph.D. :-) But it also much more exciting! check
the archive of this listing, there was a discussion about this.

hope this helps. -- I'll going to do similar work, "someday".

Kai

On Wed, 12 Apr 2000, Oliver Elphick wrote:

> I don't have a CS background and don't really feel competent to answer this;
> so I am forwarding it to the PostgreSQL list.
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> Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 05:24:41 -0400
> From: "Adien.Reynald.Suresh.Lopez" <ca9alo(at)isis(dot)sunderland(dot)ac(dot)uk>
> To: olly(at)lfix(dot)co(dot)uk
> Subject: PostgreSQL
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> Dear Oliver
>
> I am a student following an MSc in Advanced Software Engineering in UK. I have
> gone through the PostgreSQL site and have read lot about ORDBMS. I am planning
> to do my MSc dissertation titled, "An investigation into designing and
> developing a web information system applying an ORDBMS approach with PostgreSQL
>
> and Java Technology".
>
> What I want to do is to analyse why the ORDBMS is best suited for web
> information systems compared to OODBMS and RDBMS, and then design an applicatio
> n
> using UML (for object concepts of ORDBMS), DFDs and ERAs (for Relational
> concepts of ORDBMS) and then implement it using PostgreSQL and JDBC.
>
> Can you help me in suggesting how should go about it?
>
> Thanks and regards
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> Adien
> adien(dot)lopez(at)sunderland(dot)ac(dot)uk
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