Converting relational to object-oriented databases

J Fong - ACM Sigmod Record, 1997 - dl.acm.org
J Fong
ACM Sigmod Record, 1997dl.acm.org
As object-oriented model becomes the trend of database technology, there is a need to
convert relational to object-oriented database system to improve productivity and flexibility.
The changeover includes schema translation, data conversion and program conversion.
This paper describes a methodology for integrating schema translation and data conversion.
Schema translation involves semantic reconstruction and the mapping of relational schema
into object-oriented schema. Data conversion involves unloading tuples of relations into …
As object-oriented model becomes the trend of database technology, there is a need to convert relational to object-oriented database system to improve productivity and flexibility. The changeover includes schema translation, data conversion and program conversion. This paper describes a methodology for integrating schema translation and data conversion. Schema translation involves semantic reconstruction and the mapping of relational schema into object-oriented schema. Data conversion involves unloading tuples of relations into sequential files and reloading them into object-oriented classes files. The methodology preserves the constraints of the relational database by mapping the equivalent data dependencies.
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