Is the BeOS database object-oriented, relational,

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Is the BeOS database object-oriented, relational, or a mix?

The BeOS:
Features

FAQ Number:
FAQ-0049

Last Modified:
2/3/98

Keywords:
BeOS, Features, database, relational, object-oriented, file system, query

The BeOS "database" is a set of programming interfaces which take advantage of some of the extended features of the Be File System; there is no separate database per se. Instead, what we have is an attribute adorned file system with a query engine for the attributes.

It is not intended to be an Oracle/Sybase/Postgres clone. What we're doing is not a fully relational SQL queriable object oriented super whiz bang database. What we are doing is a method of adding and indexing additional information about entities in a file system name space.

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