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Object Relational Database
Comparison
by Neil Black, Steven Bruce &
Marisa Di Filippo
Introduction

Brief introduction to the 3 main databases:
– RDBMS
– ODBMS
– ORDBMS

Compare the above systems

Summary
Relational Databases
EMPLOYEE
EMP_ID
FIRST_NAME
LAST_NAME
DEPT
SALARY
1
Neil
Black
1
750000
2
Marisa
DI Filippo
1
100
78
Steven
Bruce
2
35789
79
Hannah
Bains
3
10
200
Gordon
Russell
3
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Relational Databases …cont
DEPARTMENT
DEPT
DESCRIPTION
LOCATION
1
Marketing
Glasgow
2
Payroll
Edinburgh
3
Public Relations
Glasgow
Object-Orientation

An OOD supports the following
– Abstraction
– Encapsulation
– Classes & Instances
– Inheritance
– Messages & Methods
– Polymorphism
OODB Features

Object Identity
 Locking
 Object Access
 Dynamic Space Compaction
 Navigation
Object-Relational Database

Amalgamation of RDBMS & ODBMS
 Adds limited Object-Oriented functions
 Data still stored in tables
 Supports new types of data (multimedia)
RELATIONAL vs OBJECT-ORIENTED
Good for large amounts of Good for storing small
data
amounts of complex
data
Good for retrieval of data Excellent at data
manipulation
Table/Record based
Object Based
Relationships expressed in Relationships built in to
keys
objects & containers
RELATIONAL vs OBJECT-ORIENTED
Limited complexity of
relationships
Complex relationships
Defined types
Variety of data types
Language independence
Often connected to a
language
SQL
OQL
Comparison of DBMS

Defining standards:
RDBMS - SQL2(ANSI X3H2)
ODBMS - ODMG-v2.0
ORDBMS - SQL-3

Support for object-oriented programming:
RDBMS - Poor
ODBMS - Direct & extensive
ORDBMS - Limited mostly to new data
types

Simplicity of use:
RDBMS - Table structures easy to
understand; many end-user tools available
ODBMS - Ok for programmers; some SQL
access for end users
ORDBMS - Same as RDBMS, with some
confusing extensions

Simplicity of development:
RDBMS - Provides independence of data
from app, good for simple relationships
ODBMS - Objects are a natural way to
model; can accommodate various
relationships
ORDBMS - Provides independence of data
from app, good for simple relationships

Product Maturity:
RDBMS - Very mature. Well established.
ODBMS – Relatively mature.
ORDBMS – Immature; extensions are new,
still being defined & are relatively
unproven.
Summary

Overall Relational Database are by far the
most popular.

ODB used particularly in scientific fields to
handle small amounts of complex data

ORDB now used for audio, image & video