database developers

CA Technologies last week updated its ERwin modeling tool with an eye toward broadening its use beyond database developers.

One of the hardest problems to solve when developing an ORM of any complexity is in deciding how to handle the retrieval of rows that satisfy a many-to-many relationship, also known as a M:N relationship.

From the perspective of an object, there is no such thing as a many to many relationship. There are only two relationships an object understands.

The first is the relationship of itself to another object, which is a one to one (1:1) relationship.

IBM this week announced a new version of its flagship DB2 database with a new compatibility tool that will support applications built for Oracle databases.

Oracle's agreement to acquire Sun will reshape the landscape of tools and platforms for Java and database developers, but it also means a change in emphasis -- or even the demise -- of some key tools, development platforms and databases.

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