On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 7:00 AM, Robert Pepersack
<RPepersack@mdinsurance.state.md.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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