From: | Richard Broersma <richard(dot)broersma(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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To: | Robert Pepersack <RPepersack(at)mdinsurance(dot)state(dot)md(dot)us> |
Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: PostgreSQL Object-Oriented Database? |
Date: | 2009-04-27 14:42:12 |
Message-ID: | 396486430904270742t47fb8791xf62475eaeab848f2@mail.gmail.com |
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On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 7:00 AM, Robert Pepersack
<RPepersack(at)mdinsurance(dot)state(dot)md(dot)us> wrote:
> My agency has a contractor that created a PostgreSQL database that he calls
> "object-oriented".
I might be incorrect in my thinking about what makes PostgreSQL
"Object-Relational", but my understanding is that table inheritance is
the feature that behind this claim.
Basically its horizontal table partitioning with a few nice features added.
> When I asked about it, he said that it's because PostgreSQL is an "object-oriented database". I'm very skeptical.
I would be skeptical too. You can't point the finger at PostgreSQL
for a person's good or bad choice in schema design.
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Regards,
Richard Broersma Jr.
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