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From Thomas Kellerer
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In response to A different approach: Where to learn?  (fpiraneo@gmail.com)
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fpiraneo@gmail.com wrote on 24.07.2012 23:30:
> I've seen that pgsql is a DBMS that is "object oriented"

No, it's an "object-relational" DBMS - but at it's core is still a relational
database (and that's what it is used for mostly)

Table inheritance is usually only applied to implement partitioning, not so much to
implement a real "object hierarchy".

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