Re: Basic DB/MDB Question
| From: | Justin Patrin | Date: | Mon, 21 Mar 2005 18:26:35 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Basic DB/MDB Question | ||
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On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 23:13:46 -0800, Colin Ross <colinross@gmail.com> wrote:
> Whats the difference in these packages?
> Do they server different purposes? Is one 'better' or planned to
> superceed the other?
>
Well...it was AFAIK the plan to make MDB2 DB2 once it's stable, but I
don't know if that will happen..
They're basically the same thing, except MDB also has data type
abstraction, better reverse engineering of the DB schema (I think),
and support for full DB independent schemas.
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Justin Patrin