New generation languages (Python, Ruby etc. and even Java) have shifted focus to using ORMs rather than SQL directly. Now instead of explicit SQL statements, ActiveRecord (Ruby's Object Relational Mapper) uses something like
emp=Employee.new emp.name = "Emp1" emp.basic = 4500 emp.designation = "Programmer" emp.save This syntax closely resembles the tight integration between the language and database for the xBase languages. A comparable Clipper syntax was Employee->name = "Emp1" The advantage of ORM is that programmers can write database code that are not specific to the back-end engine. This is also strikingly similar to the Clipper concept of RDDs http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.harbour.user/437 http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.harbour.user http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.harbour.user/453 2010/3/22 Mindaugas Kavaliauskas <dbto...@dbtopas.lt>: > Massimo Belgrano wrote: >> >> Hello Mindaugas >> What dou you think of integrate a ORM mapper to allow programm written >> using sqlmix to be indipendent from sql string > > Hi, > > > I suggest you to write down your idea in C or PRG code and share it on > mailing list. > > > Regards, > Mindaugas > _______________________________________________ > Harbour mailing list (attachment size limit: 40KB) > Harbour@harbour-project.org > http://lists.harbour-project.org/mailman/listinfo/harbour > -- Massimo Belgrano _______________________________________________ Harbour mailing list (attachment size limit: 40KB) Harbour@harbour-project.org http://lists.harbour-project.org/mailman/listinfo/harbour
