generic sql [wasRe: The Gnucash database?]

[Jean-David Beyer]

Linas Vepstas wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 10:52:05AM -0400, Jean-David Beyer was heard to remark:
> 
>>I normally just use the embedded SQL in a C++ program. I assume the 
> 
> 
> I'm pursuing a ver very different strategy.  The design assumes that
> none of the tables and none of the objects are known at compile time, 
> these are all discovered at run time. 

Do you perceive a large benefit to be gained from this complexity?

It is not as though I would expect that _users_ would be making changes to 
the database _structure_ (of course about all they do, from a dbms 
standpoint is make changes on the _content_ and print reports on (possibly 
complex) subsets of the content).
> 
> Turns out I'm building an "ORM" --  "Object-to-Relational Mapping".
> there are lots of these for web aps/java (nearly a dozen) but I don't
> know of any for C/C++/desktop apps (well, not opensource/free,
> as I know that there are a number proprietary ones for windows).
> If anyone just hapens to know of any-such .... 
> 
> 
> --linas
> 


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