From: MP

To: Editor

Date: 1 Mar 2004

 

I would like your opinion on M. Gorman's Database object centered Enterprise Database Principles.  His principle is can be viewed from a TDAN.com link site below:

 

SPONSOR EDUCATION SERIES:                            

ENTERPRISE DATABASE PRINCIPLES                         

Michael M. Gorman - Whitemarsh Information Systems               

http://www.tdan.com/sponsored001.htm

 

Introduction                                                                    

 

An enterprise database must embrace an environment that: Is database object centered as opposed to data only or process only centered                                                                 

 

I am in the process of designing a new enterprise wide database.  I recently read M. Gorman's Enterprise Database Principles, link to from the TDAN site that the database should be object centered, as opposed to data, or process centered.

 

The target environment is an AS400 DB2, retail and distribution system that used a daily batch to sync the retail stores with the corporate database.  My initial thought was that the technology would allow me to design and implement a data centric application. Is there any reason why one would need to follow an object-centered principle?

 

 

From: Fabian Pascal

To: MP

 

I do not have to read Gorman’s stuff to know that Whitemarsh does not have a good grasp of data management fundamentals. See, for example, our debunking of some of their material in Great News, the Relational Model Is Very Much Alive.

 

Re objects and databases, we published quite a few articles/books on the subject, in which we explained that OO is at best for application development, not data management. You may want to do a site search and locate some of the articles.

Our advice is not to be misled by anything/anybody that/who claims otherwise.

 

 

Posted 04/30/04