Converting relational to object-oriented databases

  • Authors:
  • Joseph Fong

  • Affiliations:
  • Computer Science Department, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong,

  • Venue:
  • ACM SIGMOD Record
  • Year:
  • 1997

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Abstract

As object-oriented model becomes the trend of database technology, there is a need to convert relational to object-oriented database system to improve productivity and flexibility. The changeover includes schema translation, data conversion and program conversion. This paper describes a methodology for integrating schema translation and data conversion. Schema translation involves semantic reconstruction and the mapping of relational schema into object-oriented schema. Data conversion involves unloading tuples of relations into sequential files and reloading them into object-oriented classes files. The methodology preserves the constraints of the relational database by mapping the equivalent data dependencies.