On Tue, 24 February 1998, at 02:37:02, Thomas G. Lockhart wrote:
> > So I've never gotten the distinction -- what makes postgreSQL an
> > object oriented database...
>
> It is not. It is object-relational, which is relational with some object-oriented
> features. The type/function extensibility is the most visible of these features.
Whoops, that should have been a no-brainer (because I already knew that)
>
> > and what makes it relational? the fact that it can do joins?
>
> And allows one to use other aspects of relational algebra.
what is relational algebra? operations on entire tuples?
