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From: pbennett@acraline.com (Patrick Bennett)
Subject: Re: What Are Truly Compelling Reasons To Use OODBMS ?
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cpraber@aol.com (Cpraber) wrote:

>This is one draw back of OODBMS that is sticking in my craw. Maybe there
>is a way to store "meta data" about the OODB schema that a query tool
>could use to all ad hoc queries to be specified.

>In particular I am interested in how a generalized report writer could be
>developed for an OODBMS. Has anyone tried anything like this?

>-Chris.

I believe Poet provides complete access to the class dictionary.

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Patrick Bennett
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