[ZODB-Dev] Advice On ZODB

[Christian Reis]

On Fri, Jan 24, 2003 at 10:19:12AM -0500, Chris McDonough wrote:
> http://www.zope.org/Members/mcdonc/HowTos/gainenlightenment
> 
> ZODB is not table-driven like a relational database.  It's an object
> database, so you should try to create objects that represent your
> problem domain and store them in ZODB.  So for instance if the data
> you're trying to store is information about internet hosts, you might
> have a Host class:

[snip]

> root['host1'] = Host('192.168.0.1')
> root['host2'] = Host('192.168.0.2')

Sure, but now let's assume he wants to query all hosts by IP block,
hostname or CIDR, then what? :-) A catalog is a very relevant issue for
people keeping collections of objects, specially if you have more than
one kind and the root feels cramped. 

Take care,
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Christian Reis, Senior Engineer, Async Open Source, Brazil.
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