Persistent storage for a workflow tool implemented in Smalltalk

  • Authors:

  • Bob Beck;Steve Hartley

  • Affiliations:

  • Sequent Computer Systems, Inc., 15450 SW Koll Parkway, Beaverton, Oregon;Sequent Computer Systems, Inc., 15450 SW Koll Parkway, Beaverton, Oregon

  • Venue:
  • OOPSLA '94 Proceedings of the ninth annual conference on Object-oriented programming systems, language, and applications
  • Year:
  • 1994

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Abstract

This paper describes a new workflow model and its implementation in Smalltalk. The paper also details problems with using a RDBMS as the persistent store for the workflow tool and the subsequent experiences in using an ODBMS for this purpose. The final solution was a coexistence approach, using the RDBMS for legacy corporate data and the ODBMS for the process description and workflow status data.