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From: dpeachey@vmark.co.uk (Dan)
Subject: Re: Mapping OO to RDBMS - Smalltalk\SQL versus TopLink
Organization: VMark Software Ltd.
Date: Fri, 8 Mar 96 08:58:29 GMT
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Geir Ove Skjaervik <gos@cx.dnv.no> wrote:

>Hello,

>I wonder if anyone has any experience in the field of mapping a Smalltalk 
>Object model to an Relational Database in general: 

>The general problem of course is that your Object Model and its Database 
>counterpart is not in synch, with all the associated problems (overwrites by 
>other users, deadlock problems ....)

>* What techiniques / tools are you using to avoid these problems ?

>More particular:

>* Anyone having experience with TopLink ? How good is it ?

>* Anyone having experience with TopLink versus Smalltalk\SQL ?


>Regards
>   Geir Ove Skjaervik
>   Computas A.S.
>   Norway

Hi,

Check out VMarks ObjectStudio,  this has a Modelling and Mapping tool
that does exactly what you want.  It also deals with all the
concurrency issues etc.
Contact VMark for further info,  or check out the web page
http://www.vmark.com

Thanks

Dan

My opinions are my own.

