Re: Thus spoke SQL3 (on OO) - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Chris Bitmead
Subject Re: Thus spoke SQL3 (on OO)
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In response to Thus spoke SQL3 (on OO)  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
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Hannu Krosing wrote:

> it would be hard to define RI by just saying that some field references "an
> OID",
> often you want to be able do define something more specific.
> 
> It would be too much for most users to require that all primary and foreign
> keys
> must be of type OID.

Since it would be object and relational, you could do either. But all
pure object databases _always_ rely on oid to define relationships, and
that is likely to be all an ODMG inteface would support. Unless we want
to break new ground anyway.


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