what are the differences between RDBMS and OODBMS
By 1anurag1
@1anurag1 (3576)
India
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@ruperto (1552)
• Philippines
1 May 10
It seems for complex applications, OODBMS simplifies the "encoding" a real-world entity, in a similar way that as OOP has actually simplified the thinking process of a programmer.
It seems OODBMS is an implementation of the so-called hierarchial database, by using objects, and that was usually referred to as a 2nd type of database. The 1st type being relational, I think.
It seems a simple example of RDB and OOBD for a same simple application is a man-hour tracking DB.
RDB could have 5 fields: DATE, MAN_NO, PROJECT_CODE, TIME_START, TIME_END
while OODB could have 4 major fields: DATE, MAN_NO, PROJECT_CODE, TIME(START,END)
For instance it becomes a lot quicker for the programmer to relate that TIME_START and TIME_END are closely related.
What do you think?