Re: Why is postgres an ORDMS

From: Josué Maldonado <josue(at)lamundial(dot)hn>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Why is postgres an ORDMS
Date: 2003-12-13 21:17:00
Message-ID: 3FDB81CC.3090106@lamundial.hn
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Hi Peter,

In fact the inheritance was mi first tought, so as I didn't explain
myself enough and I don't have too much knoledge in that topic, I sent
him an URL of the practical postgresql book where that concept is explained.

Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
>>Josué Maldonado wrote:
>>
>>>Hello list,
>>>
>>>A friend of mine just asked me this, why is postgres an ORDBMS and
>>>what does it mean and how to apply it on real development.
>>
>>We are OR (object-relational) because we are extendable, unlike a
>>typical DBMS.
>
>
> No, it means there are object-oriented elements in it, like abstract
> data types and inheritance.
>
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Josué Maldonado

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