Re: Why is postgres an ORDMS

Started by Bruce Momjianover 22 years ago3 messagesgeneral

bruce@momjian.us

over 22 years ago

Josu�� 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.

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Peter Eisentraut

peter_e@gmx.net

over 22 years ago

In reply to: Bruce Momjian (#1)

Bruce Momjian wrote:

Josuï¿½ 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.

Josué Maldonado

josue@lamundial.hn

over 22 years ago

In reply to: Peter Eisentraut (#2)

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:

Josuï¿½ 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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