> ... contained, repeated elements in an object Pardon me if I'm just sniping on the word "object" here, but if you think of your data as objects then you will

> ... contained, repeated elements in an object Pardon me if I'm just sniping on the word "object" here, but if you think of your data as objects then you will find the relational model restrictive. In my experience, objects are an application concept, closely coupled to an implementation. If you can conceive of your data in implementation-independent terms, i.e. as entities and relationships, then you can put a RDBMS to effective use.