| From: | Karel Zak <zakkr(at)zf(dot)jcu(dot)cz> |
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| To: | Socketd <db(at)traceroute(dot)dk> |
| Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: OO database? |
| Date: | 2003-12-09 08:20:56 |
| Message-ID: | 20031209082056.GA26164@zf.jcu.cz |
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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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