Re: troubles experience?

Peter Fallon <pfallon@compuserve.com> wrote in article <35c59ada.1240920@news.compuserve.com>... > On 3 Aug 1998 08:41:20 GMT, "__mm_(''')_mm__" <akmal@no_spam.com> > wrote: > > >Hang on a minute though. Jasmine has a relational storage manager AFAIK. How > >come it is an ODBMS then? > > > ??? Jasmine is an Object oriented database (aka OODBMS), whats this > about having a "relational storage manager"? I haven't seen anything > "relational" about it in the last 12 month's I've been playing with > it? > > Its a purpose-built object oriented database, originally called ODB2 > from Fujitsu, Japan, and called "Jasmine" when CA bought into the > product a some years back. > > seeya...Pete > If you look at the detailed architecture (Mike Kay at ICL will confirm), the storage manager is based on a relational system. Now, let me challenge CA to come forward and explain if indeed the product has a relational storage manager or not. (Incidentally, I have seen the ODBII literature and do know something about Jasmine's history - it was originally called Jamsine at Fujitsu, then was called ODBII and then called Jasmine again when CA too over). I even the ODBII technical spec, hence my asking the question. -- akmal ....................................................................... . Dr. Akmal B. Chaudhri, Object Technology Specialist, Logica UK Ltd. . . e-mail: akmal(at)bigfoot(dot)com http://www.bigfoot.com/~akmal/ . . Any opinions expressed are mine and not necessarily those of Logica . .......................................................................