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- From: stt@spock.camb.inmet.com (Tucker Taft)
- Subject: Re: I need info. on SAMeDL
- Message-ID: <1992Aug31.143119.3716@inmet.camb.inmet.com>
- Keywords: SAMeDL
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- Organization: Intermetrics Inc, Cambridge MA
- References: <1992Aug28.220019.19062@oracle.pnl.gov>
- Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 14:31:19 GMT
- Lines: 48
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- In article <1992Aug28.220019.19062@oracle.pnl.gov>
- jw_clifton@ccmail.pnl.gov writes:
-
- >I am working on an evaluation of how my project should bind Ada
- >and SQL. One of the solutions we have heard of is SAMeDL.
- >
- > DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE USING SAMeDL?
-
- Marc Graham at the SEI is largely responsible for the definition
- of SAMeDL. He probably has a list of references of users.
- His e-mail address is marc@sei.cmu.edu
-
- > Could you give me the pros and cons of the product.
-
- It allows you to use appropriate user-defined Ada types and Ada exceptions
- at the interface between Ada and SQL. It also separates off the
- SQL statements from the Ada source code. Most other interfaces
- use a few predefined types only, and/or tend to be based on a preprocessor
- approach which makes debugging more painful.
-
- Overall the SAMeDL is a highly structured way to interface between
- Ada and SQL, with the primary downside that it takes more time to
- write your first application. However, what you do write in SAMeDL will
- almost certainly be more readable, easier to debug, and more maintainable.
-
- In other words, for a quick-and-dirty application, SAMeDL is probably
- overkill, but for a large, production-oriented application, it
- should prove its value.
-
- > Does any body know of a contact at Intermetrics that could
- > answer my questions?
-
- You can send me your questions and I will forward them to the
- proper person. Unfortunately I don't have their e-mail address
- handy right now.
-
- >Thank you
- > Jeff Clifton
- > JW_CLIFTON@CCMAIL.PNL.GOV
- > Research Scientist
- > Pacific Northwest Laboratories
- > P.O. Box 999
- > Richland WA 99352
- > (509) 375-5982
-
- S. Tucker Taft stt@inmet.com
- Intermetrics, Inc.
- Cambridge, MA 02138
-