Re: The Minimum You Need to Know to Be an OpenVMS Application Developer

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From: Christopher Browne
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 03:54

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Oops! "David J. Dachtera" <djesys.nospam@NeOaSrPtAhMlNiOnWk.net> was seen spray-painting on a wall:
> Christopher Browne wrote:
>> 
>> Clinging to sanity, "toby" <toby@telegraphics.com.au> mumbled into her beard:
>> > davidc@montagar.com wrote:
>> >> >From the description, this looks like an excellent book for a new
>> >> OpenVMS Programmer.  Thanks for the effort in putting this bok together.
>> >
>> > It does look interesting. As a hobbyist I wish I could justify the $90
>> > - but coincidentally my day job is currently building MySQL
>> > applications on other operating systems. It's fascinating that MySQL
>> > has made it to VMS and is considered a useful component there (too) -
>> > whether one approves of MySQL or not ;-)
>> 
>> I have a hard time fathoming how MySQL would be of interest on a
>> platform that has a full-fledged ISAM system, RMS, *built into the
>> operating system*, but I suppose there are all types out there...
>
> Indexing and record-level retrieval is only part of the story. RDBMSs do
> much more than RMS, including providing an API that tools such as
> Datatrieve never had. All-in-1 came close, but is a terrible resource
> hog.
>
> RMS lacks a data dictionary and a query language as well.
>
> (This from an old AIS, RSTS/E and VMS hand.)

The thing is, MySQL is little more than a thin layering of a not
terribly consistent SQL "processor" on top of something rather less
mature than RMS...
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