Re: Object Oriented Features

On Thu, Jun 27, 2002 at 10:13:26AM +0530, Nishkala wrote:
> 
> I am a student doing my graduation in India. I want to know what are the 
> other OODBMS features ( other than inheritance ) available 
> in PostGreSQL. It would be great if you can help me out with some 
> information regarding this.
The PostgreSQL is "Object-Relational DBMS" and not clean "Object Oriented".The good and short description about DBs
typesyou can read at
 
   http://wwwinfo.cern.ch/db/aboutdbs/classification/
I think most of the current used SQL DBs are "Object-Relational".
OO in PostgreSQL means that you can create own operators, datetypes, functions...   Something about really Object
Orientedyou can found at:
 
   http://www.odbmsfacts.com/

       Karel

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