[cad-linux] Re: database access methods

On Thu, May 15, 2003 at 11:24:49PM -0500, Eric Wilhelm wrote:
> > ie I wouldn't
> > write an app specific access library to reproduce what is already available
> > via SQL
> 
> I'm not talking about reproducing the functions of SQL, I'm talking about 
> implementing a standard method of storing and sharing data in a well-defined 
> and structured way which would be readily available for use by any developer. 
>  
> If you are going to include some SQL code in your program to access the data, 
> why not just use a set of functions from a library meant to access that data?

To try to clarify what (I think) Eric is talking about. Consider the
library as a set of stored sql queries that puts a standardized, pretty
face on it for every other app.

-Lee

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