| From: | Brett McCormick <brett(at)work(dot)chicken(dot)org> |
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| To: | "Thomas G(dot) Lockhart" <lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu> |
| Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)hub(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] Here it is - view permissions |
| Date: | 1998-02-24 05:00:31 |
| Message-ID: | 199802240500.VAA26298@abraxas.scene.com |
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On Tue, 24 February 1998, at 02:37:02, Thomas G. Lockhart wrote:
> > So I've never gotten the distinction -- what makes postgreSQL an
> > object oriented database...
>
> It is not. It is object-relational, which is relational with some object-oriented
> features. The type/function extensibility is the most visible of these features.
Whoops, that should have been a no-brainer (because I already knew that)
>
> > and what makes it relational? the fact that it can do joins?
>
> And allows one to use other aspects of relational algebra.
what is relational algebra? operations on entire tuples?
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