Re: [gnome-db] Re: GRAND MASTER PLAN

[linas linas org (Linas Vepstas)]

On Sat, Mar 13, 2004 at 02:58:47PM +1300, Dru was heard to remark:
> 
> But you can make it more complex.
> 
> grand_master_copy_from_sql (&someobj, "select ae,aa.e from ae,aa where 
> ae.c>'3' and ae.b=aa.b");
> 
> and then for extra trickness
> grand_master_copy_from_myotherobj (&myobj, another_unrelatedobj);
> So you can make MeinPad's from MeinBlau's.

Yes. One needs to allow mappings between C objects and tables to 
not be 1-1 (one C object might map to bits of various tables).
And there needs to be non-trivial querying on the client side. 

These are the reasons why I said 'libgda is not enough', and these
are the reasons why I've worked on things like dwi and qof, and why
I want to continue working on them. 

--linas


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