Re: SQL99 - Nested Tables - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Josh Berkus
Subject Re: SQL99 - Nested Tables
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Msg-id 200507071714.27330.josh@agliodbs.com
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In response to Re: SQL99 - Nested Tables  (David Fetter <david@fetter.org>)
Responses Re: SQL99 - Nested Tables  (David Fetter <david@fetter.org>)
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David,

>Nested tables is a
> Good Thing(TM) though :)

Hmmm.   I don't buy that they are an a priori Good Thing.  What are they 
good for?  I can't think of a single occasion in my 12-year database 
career where I found myself wanting one.

Seems to me that, SQL standard or not, nested tables are just a jumbo-sized 
foot gun for new DBAs.  And it's not like they'll be trivial to implement.

-- 
--Josh

Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco


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