On Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 02:01:35PM +0200, Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder wrote: > As an implementor I'm always wary of using features nobody else has, > especially in databases. So, if I'd want postgres to have one thing > nobody else has, it would be the most complete standard SQL > implementation - so it would at least be the other products' fault if > I'd have to do any special porting work to/from postgres.
SQL99 includes inheritance (albeit a somewhat different implementation than the design in Postgres right now) -- so the "most complete standard SQL implementation" would need to include inheritance. I'd say removing inheritence would be a waste of time -- it would probably be easier to just fix its deficiencies. Cheers, Neil -- Neil Conway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP Key ID: DB3C29FC ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])