Re: OO database?

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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