[ome-users] DBLocation in STD definitions

[Ilya Goldberg]

On Jul 25, 2005, at 12:16 PM, Graham Klyne wrote:

> At 10:40 25/07/05 -0400, Ilya Goldberg wrote:
>
>
>> On Jul 22, 2005, at 10:36 AM, Graham Klyne wrote:
>>
>>> I see that the definition of a STD requires a DBLoication attribute, 
>>> which I assume is a reference to where the corresponding datum is 
>>> stored in the relational DB schema.
>>
>> This is a declaration of where in the DB you would like to store your 
>> data - not a declaration of where the data is already stored.  In 
>> other words, the DBLocation should be a new table/column for your 
>> data.
>
> Ah yes, of course.

Its actually slightly more than what I said.  The system won't complain 
if the tables/columns already exist, it will only add what it needs to 
represent things as STs.  You can in fact use this to describe an 
existing DB (though we haven't tested this mode of operation very 
much).

-Ilya