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Support for Object-Oriented Databases

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Forum Name: DevForce 2009
Forum Discription: For .NET 3.5
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Printed Date: 11-Jan-2026 at 5:19pm


Topic: Support for Object-Oriented Databases
Posted By: Runar
Subject: Support for Object-Oriented Databases
Date Posted: 01-Sep-2009 at 7:48am

Have you considered allowing the data store being an object-oriented database like for example DB4O? Or is DevForce dependent on a relation database in many of its layers?

I would say DevForce could add the same value to object oriented databases, as it does to relational databases. It seems like the major OO databases do not have a proper security model, they will not run over a WAN, they do not encrypt their connection and they do not have managed libraries allowing a Silverlight client to connect to the database server.


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Posted By: ting
Date Posted: 02-Sep-2009 at 12:47pm
Hi Runar,
 
Good summary.  Also, because LINQ is a query language that is decoupled from a relational data store, it makes it easier to make changes to the persisted structrure without affecting the application.  We are looking into supporting this in the future.

Posted By: Runar
Date Posted: 08-Sep-2009 at 1:11am

Providing support for OO databases would be great. It would mean DevForce could provide an end-to-end solution for projects that do not want to use a relational database. It would also be a good proof of the layered architecture in DevForce.

Now the unavoidable question… Do you have any time plan for when you will look into this? Any feedback is highly welcome!


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