Re: PostgreSQL (fwd)

On Wed, 12 Apr 2000 kaiq@realtyideas.com wrote:

>
> perhaps you'd better first find an evaluation copy of informix, seems that
> they have more systematic and well-thought feature set.
>
> there are some historical relations between informix (esp. Object
> relational features) -- share the same original source code!
>
> my understanding is that more recent pg focus is to make it as a
> strong mission critical (i.e. "real", "industrial") relational
> db. so, the OO or OR features -- esp. "advanced" ones --  are kind
> of putting aside. so, that is why I suggest you take a look on informix
> first.

this is a totally uninformed and inaccurate assessment ... the current
state of OO/OR features in PgSQL has been sitting pretty much on one
persons shoulders ... v7.0 has some extensions/fixes added in this arena,
and we would very much welcome anyone that wishes to work with us towards
further improvements on this ...

Adien, if you would like to work with us on such, please feel free to
subscribe to the pgsql-hackers mailing list, where such things are
discussed quite emotionally, at times :)  Chris Bitmead(?) is the one
that, to date, has been working on 'unbreaking' our OR/OO bits ...



>
> On Wed, 12 Apr 2000, Oliver Elphick wrote:
>
> > I don't have a CS background and don't really feel competent to answer this;
> > so I am forwarding it to the PostgreSQL list.
> >
> > ------- Forwarded Message
> >
> > Date:    Wed, 12 Apr 2000 05:24:41 -0400
> > From:    "Adien.Reynald.Suresh.Lopez" <ca9alo@isis.sunderland.ac.uk>
> > To:      olly@lfix.co.uk
> > Subject: PostgreSQL
> >
> > Dear Oliver
> >
> > I am a student following an MSc in Advanced Software Engineering in UK. I have
> > gone through the PostgreSQL site and have read lot about ORDBMS. I am planning
> > to do my MSc dissertation titled, "An investigation into designing and
> > developing a web information system applying an ORDBMS approach with PostgreSQL
> >
> > and Java Technology".
> >
> > What I want to do is to analyse why the ORDBMS is best suited for web
> > information systems compared to OODBMS and RDBMS, and then design an applicatio
> > n
> > using UML (for object concepts of ORDBMS), DFDs and ERAs (for Relational
> > concepts of ORDBMS) and then implement it using PostgreSQL and JDBC.
> >
> > Can you help me in suggesting how should go about it?
> >
> > Thanks and regards
> >
> > Adien
> > adien.lopez@sunderland.ac.uk
> > www.go.to/adienlopez
> >
> >
> > ------- End of Forwarded Message
> >
> >
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>

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