On May 18, 2009, at 4:01 AM, Michael Ash wrote:
Perhaps you should have taken more than a first glance. For example,
here:
http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/CoreData/Articles/cdBasics.html#/
/apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40001650
"Core Data is not a relational database or a relational database
management system (RDBMS)."
This is unrelated to the problem. Mike, I think you are using a straw
man argument - or you totally misunderstood me.
Why would you think I had ever designed a database application or
framework? All I know is, CoreData is *not* a database framework, so
your whining about how it fails some fundamental requirement for
database frameworks makes no sense.
I think you misunderstood me. Core Data could be a very useful *part*
of a database application framework. But it is not, because it
apparently lacks the ability to interface to other related parts of a
database application framework (ORM, data access layer, storage
management) - at least this is what I conclude from this discussion.
Again, to make this clear: I don't claim that Core Data should
implement all these layers of a database application framework (or
even a RDBMS). And honestly, it should not! Rather it should provide a
means to interface with them.
And using your car example: having tires is certainly useful. But they
become even more useful if you can mount them on your car. ;)
Andreas
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