Re: OO database? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Karel Zak
Subject Re: OO database?
Date
Msg-id 20031209082056.GA26164@zf.jcu.cz
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In response to OO database?  (Socketd <db@traceroute.dk>)
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On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 01:11:03AM +0100, Socketd wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I can see Postgresql calls itself a "object-relational database
> management system", but what's the object part of it?
>
> I have found inheritance, but are there more OO features in postgresql?

 object-relational database != OO

 The "object-relational" features are things like dynamic datatypes,
 function, aggregation functions, user defined operators, etc.

 http://wwwdb.web.cern.ch/wwwdb/aboutdbs/classification/

    Karel

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