Re: Why is MySQL more chosen over PostgreSQL

From: Curt Sampson <cjs(at)cynic(dot)net>
To: Stephen Deasey <stephen(at)bollocks(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Why is MySQL more chosen over PostgreSQL
Date: 2002-08-04 06:41:21
Message-ID: Pine.NEB.4.44.0208041540260.12724-100000@angelic.cynic.net
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On 29 Jul 2002, Stephen Deasey wrote:

> Table inheritance offers data model extensibility. New (derived) tables
> can be added to the system, and will work with existing code that
> opperates on the base tables, without having to hack up all the code.

And why does this not work with the standard relational mechanism?
(Where a "derived table" would be just another table with a foreign
key pointing back to the base table.)

cjs
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