chiu@mtcs.UUCP (Andrew Chiu) (06/02/89)
Is there anybody can show me what is Gbase from Graphael and what are it's feature. Patricia David gave a short introduction in Datamation, May 15, 1989: "The advantage of an object database is that it can look at nonstandard data sets, such as graphics and large binary files. Object database can also look at other databases and treat them as objects." Can Gbase achieve that? Where can I get further information of Gbase?
mao@hpclmao.HP.COM (Mike Ogush) (06/15/89)
/ hpclmao:comp.databases / chiu@mtcs.UUCP (Andrew Chiu) / 11:29 am Jun 1, 1989 / >Is there anybody can show me what is Gbase from Graphael and what are >it's feature. > >Patricia David gave a short introduction in Datamation, May 15, 1989: >"The advantage of an object database is that it can look at nonstandard > data sets, such as graphics and large binary files. Object database > can also look at other databases and treat them as objects." > >Can Gbase achieve that? > >Where can I get further information of Gbase? You can get further information by contacting Graphael at 2685 Marine Way, Sute 1209 Mountain View, CA 94043 415/969-6575 or 255 Bear Hill Road Waltham, MA 02154 617/890-7055 -- Mike Ogush California Language Laboratory Languages and Methodology Operation Data and Languages Division Hewlett-Packard Company ...!hplabs!hpclmao!mao or mao%hpclmao@hplabs.hp.com
jkrueger@daitc.daitc.mil (Jonathan Krueger) (07/23/89)
In article <790003@hpclmao.HP.COM>, mao@hpclmao (Mike Ogush) writes: >Patricia David gave a short introduction in Datamation, May 15, 1989: >"The advantage of an object database is that it can look at nonstandard > data sets, such as graphics and large binary files." If by this Patricia means that less exalted databases can't support images, she is wholly incorrect. I've heard similar myths repeated elsewhere, so she's hardly alone if so. >"Object database can also look at other databases and treat them as >objects." What Patricia means by this, or indeed what anyone might mean by such a statement, is beyond me. Making it hard to answer such reasonable questions as >Can Gbase achieve that? Since I don't know what "that" is. Maybe Patricia knows and will someday tell us in some form that's clear and correct. Then we can decide for ourselves whether it's a good thing to be treated as an object :-) -- Jon --