From: | Chris Travers <chris(at)travelamericas(dot)com> |
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To: | Socketd <db(at)traceroute(dot)dk> |
Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: OO database? |
Date: | 2003-12-10 12:55:05 |
Message-ID: | 1071060905.2212.79.camel@localhost.localdomain |
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On Mon, 2003-12-08 at 01:51, Socketd wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I can see Postgresql calls itself a "object-relational database
> management system", but what's the object part of it?
>
> I have found:
> Schemas (something like C++ namespaces?)
> Inheritance
>
> Are there more OO features in postgresql?
>
User defined types allow you to store information in ways that are
uniformly accessible by clients.
Domains (not strictly OR) allow you to create a type that is a subset of
another type.
User defined functions and operators could be used to create something
more like a object/method system.
> Can you still setup postgresql to act as a pure relational db? So you
> can use standard sql. (maybe even on db level)
>
Absolutely.
> br
> socketd (a postgresql newbie)
>
> ps: Please cc to me as I am not on the list
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