Re: Why is MySQL more chosen over PostgreSQL?
Jeff Davis <list-pgsql-hackers@empires.org>
From: Jeff Davis <list-pgsql-hackers@empires.org>
To: Curt Sampson <cjs@cynic.net>
Cc: <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2002-07-30T21:41:02Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
> 2. I expect that even most PostgreSQL--or even database--experts don't > have a real understanding of relational theory, anyway. That we still > have table inheritance shows that. As far as I can tell, there is > nothing whatsoever that table inheritance does that the relational model > does not handle; the whole "OO" thing is just another, redundant way of > doing what we already ought to be able to do within the relational model. > > I'm still waiting to find out just what advantage table inheritance > offers. I've asked a couple of times here, and nobody has even started > to come up with anything. Can you point me (someone without a real understanding of relational theory) to some good resources that explain the concepts well? Regards, Jeff