# Asking about object databases and active record

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/asking-about-object-databases-and-active-record/88676>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [March 13, 2007, 2:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/asking-about-object-databases-and-active-record/88676 "2007-03-13T14:38:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![bitsmith](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/9de053/32.png) [@bitsmith](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bitsmith)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 2:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/asking-about-object-databases-and-active-record/88676/1 "2007-03-13T14:38:41Z")

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why is it that mysql a relational database is the preferred database  
among rubyists and not an object orientated database (even a free object  
orientated database)?

what is the important missing piece… i mean if you are using a object  
orientated  
programming language (and active record) why not the same for a database  
system (to be consistent)? …isn’t simplier?

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**Author:** ![bitsmith](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/9de053/32.png) [@bitsmith](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bitsmith)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 3:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/asking-about-object-databases-and-active-record/88676/2 "2007-03-13T15:08:22Z")

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On 3/13/07, Dave R. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> why is it that mysql a relational database is the preferred database  
> among rubyists and not an object orientated database (even a free object  
> orientated database)?

I wasn’t aware we had a preferred database. Maybe you meant among Rails  
users? In which case this might be a good question to ask the Rails  
group.

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**Author:** ![bitsmith](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/9de053/32.png) [@bitsmith](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bitsmith)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 3:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/asking-about-object-databases-and-active-record/88676/3 "2007-03-13T15:10:23Z")

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On Mar 13, 2007, at 8:38 AM, Dave R. wrote:

> system (to be consistent)? …isn’t simplier?  
> Austin Z. addressed this quite well in a post on 2/16/07 in a  
> thread titled “object databases in Ruby?”.  
> See [http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/239575](http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/239575).