Re: Does Postgresql 8.3X support Object/Class Methods and association between objects with REF? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Pavel Stehule
Subject Re: Does Postgresql 8.3X support Object/Class Methods and association between objects with REF?
Date
Msg-id 162867790904200528p2c83fcc2p982156d90a5f65ca@mail.gmail.com
Whole thread Raw
In response to Does Postgresql 8.3X support Object/Class Methods and association between objects with REF?  (Robson Fidalgo <robson.fidalgo@gmail.com>)
List pgsql-general
2009/4/20 Robson Fidalgo <robson.fidalgo@gmail.com>:
> Hello,
> I am study the relational-object paradigm with postgresql 8.3X and I know
> that it supports composite and/or array attributes. However, I didn't find
> documentation/examples about the usage of Object/Class Methods and
> association between objects with REF (like oracle does). Then, I'd like to
> know if theses concepts (Method and REF) are supported by postgresql 8.3X?
> I've searched the mailing lists and have found little about the OR features.
> There is some book or URL with a good material about postgres 8.3 OR
> features? Below follows an example (Son has a REF for his Father and a
> get_name method) in oracle. Then, how can I do a similar example in
> Postgresql 8.3X? (Just a code example help me! You don't need explain the
> example.)
>
> Thanks in advances,

Hello

this feature isn't supported

regards
Pavel Stehule

>
> Robson.
>
> CREATE TYPE tp_father AS OBJECT (
>  name varchar2(60));
>
> CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE BODY tp_father AS
>   MEMBER FUNCTION get_name RETURN varchar2 IS
>      BEGIN
>         RETURN name;
>      END;
> END;
>
> CREATE TYPE tp_son AS OBJECT (
>   name varchar2(60),
>   father REF tp_father);
>
> CREATE TABLE father OF tp_father;
> CREATE TABLE son OF tp_son;

pgsql-general by date:

Previous
From: Stefano Nichele
Date:
Subject: Re: postgreSQL & amazon ec2 cloud
Next
From: Botao Pan
Date:
Subject: xlog vs. shmfs