| From: | Jeff Davis <list-pgsql-hackers(at)empires(dot)org> |
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| To: | Curt Sampson <cjs(at)cynic(dot)net> |
| Cc: | <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Why is MySQL more chosen over PostgreSQL? |
| Date: | 2002-07-30 21:41:02 |
| Message-ID: | 200207301441.02285.list-pgsql-hackers@empires.org |
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> 2. I expect that even most PostgreSQL--or even database--experts don't
> have a real understanding of relational theory, anyway. That we still
> have table inheritance shows that. As far as I can tell, there is
> nothing whatsoever that table inheritance does that the relational model
> does not handle; the whole "OO" thing is just another, redundant way of
> doing what we already ought to be able to do within the relational model.
>
> I'm still waiting to find out just what advantage table inheritance
> offers. I've asked a couple of times here, and nobody has even started
> to come up with anything.
Can you point me (someone without a real understanding of relational theory)
to some good resources that explain the concepts well?
Regards,
Jeff
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