[an error occurred while processing this directive] Different from Relational DBMS (RDBMS), Object-Oriented DBMS (ODBMS) stores objects rather than simple data types. Since it is capable of handling image, graphics, and audio/video data elegantly, the ODBMS market has expanded beyond the engineering arena. More importantly, ODBMS provides transparent bindings to object-oriented languages such as C++ and Smalltalk, rather than forces a single query lagnuage (i.e. SQL) as its interface. This helps in building reusable, component-based, mission-critical, software systems. For some practical reasons, many available ODBMSs are hybrid systems, or object-relational DBMSs. However, these systems are able to handle complex data types equally well. Search SAL:

Object-Oriented DBMS   ( Commercial, Shareware, GPL) db4o -- a database for objects based on Java. FLORID -- a deductive object-oriented database prototype. FramerD -- a portable distributed object-oriented database for knowledge bases. H-PCTE -- a partial, fast implementation of the object management system. LINCKS -- an object-centred multi-user database system for information system applications. KE Texpress -- an object-oriented multi-user database management system. MOOD-SX -- OODBMS capable of concurrent, multi-client database services on the Internet. O2 Object Database System -- solution for C++, Java and CORBRA developers. Objectivity/DB -- distributed object database management system. ozone -- a multi-user object-oriented database implemented completely in Java. Polyhedra -- an object-relational, event-driven, real-time, memory-resident, persistent DBMS. PostgreSQL -- a object-relational DBMS. Versant ODBMS -- object database system for multi-user, distributed applications. ROL -- a deductive object database system. Also Check Out: Oracle products -- powerful database server and applications.

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