Re: Methods in pgsql

Then, may I conclude that methods are not part of the SQL92 standard?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Eisentraut" <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: "Efrain Caro" <betsemes(at)hotmail(dot)com>
Cc: "PostgreSQL general mailing list" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Sent: Friday, September 29, 2000 4:06 PM
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Methods in pgsql

> Efrain Caro writes:
>
> > I've read somewhere that PostgreSQL is an ordbms or a oodbms. After
reading
> > Bruce Momjian's book "PostgreSQL: Introduction and Concepts" it's
apparent
> > to me that the only feature that seems to be an object oriented one is
table
> > inheritance. I didn't see a method implementation anywhere in the book.
Did
> > Momjian omitted the topic or it is indeed nonexistent in the current
> > version?
>
> Methods don't exist. In general, a complete SQL implementation is the
> priority of the project; OO features tend to have been neglected a bit.
>
> --
> Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net http://yi.org/peter-e/
>
>