Re: [HACKERS] Here it is - view permissions

From: "Thomas G(dot) Lockhart" <lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu>
To: Brett McCormick <brett(at)work(dot)chicken(dot)org>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)hub(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Here it is - view permissions
Date: 1998-02-24 02:37:02
Message-ID: 34F2324E.C2E47BDE@alumni.caltech.edu
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> 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.

> and what makes it relational? the fact that it can do joins?

And allows one to use other aspects of relational algebra.

- Tom

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