On Mon, 27 Jul 2009, Darren Duncan wrote: > Object orientation has nothing to do with all this per se, though objects > can easily be mapped to tuples.
Darren, A related issue is that object orientation is almost always used in the context of procedural languages (e.g., C++, Python, Ruby) while SQL is _not_ a procedural language. SQL is a language for working with sets (tables, or relations). Rich -- Richard B. Shepard, Ph.D. | Integrity Credibility Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. | Innovation <http://www.appl-ecosys.com> Voice: 503-667-4517 Fax: 503-667-8863 _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users