> 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 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly