Re: OT: differences between database models

2003-02-17 Thread Jeremy Gaddis
LDAP is an example of a hierarchical database ("upside-down tree"). j. -- Jeremy L. Gaddis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > also sprach martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003.02.17.0930 +0100]: >> The topic is about three different database models: the relational, the >> hier

Re: OT: differences between database models

2003-02-17 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003.02.17.0930 +0100]: > only looking for specific features that differ, but also (and more) e.g.: ORDER: records are unordered in the relational model, but ordered in the other two. INHERENT CONSTRAINTS: records cannot exist with

Re: OT: differences between database models

2003-02-17 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003.02.17.0930 +0100]: > The topic is about three different database models: the relational, > the hierarchical, and lastly, the network model. Is LDAP an instance of a hierarchical database model (optimised for read-only access), or is it yet diff

OT: differences between database models

2003-02-17 Thread martin f krafft
Debian folk, I turn to your collective wisdom again as I search for an answer in a topic that's not Debian-related. I am sure that some people will find this interesting though. This is *not* for classwork, although it may sound like that. The topic is about three different database models: the r