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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: The future of Ada is at risk
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On Sun, 06 Jan 2008 10:47:09 +1100, Brian May wrote:

>>>>>> "Dmitry" == Dmitry A Kazakov <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> writes:
> 
>     Dmitry> Higher than ODBC and properly done. There must be no traces of SQL, pure
>     Dmitry> relational algebra specified in Ada types, plus connection and transaction
>     Dmitry> support. I would also like to have non-relational DB support.
> 
> I don't know if this would work in a compiled language like Ada, but I
> really like the ideas used in Django (Python):
> 
> http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/model-api/
> 
> You create a Python class, using specialised types for fields, and
> they get mapped to database tables and columns. No need to use SQL,
> although you can if you really have to for some reason. As such, it
> really is database independent.

Yes, that looks pretty much like it should be, IMO.

[ I think that the issue with static typing can be resolved. Of course the
best way would be a support for anonymous record types (tuples). But there
exist also possibilities to use generics or else to have abstract base
tagged types for cells.]

-- 
Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de