Re: [SLUG] Java application with database... should I use JDO?

From: Pete Theisen (petetheisen@verizon.net)
Date: Tue Jul 28 2009 - 04:09:43 EDT


Scott Grizzard wrote:
> As many of you know, I am writing a Java application to manage medical
> data. I don't know if I should use straight MySQL to store my data
> relationally, or if I should take the time to learn JDO (DataNucleus) to
> store the data as objects.
>
> The initial application is going to be fairly small, but I want to be
> able to "grow" it effectively.
>
> Does anyone have any experience with JDO? Is it worth the trouble?
>
> - Scott Grizzard
> scott@scottgrizzard.com
> http://www.scottgrizzard.com/

Hi Scott,

You want to *really* complicate your life? Take a look at MUMPS and
VistA. Open source EHR originally developed for the VA. Could be
interesting to look at what they are doing, though.

http://groups.google.com/group/Hardhats

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