Re: Inheritance in Oracle Databases

From: <bracher_at_my-dejanews.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 19:06:10 GMT
Message-ID: <6rkgf2$4sl$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>

In article <1998082103390900.XAA23096_at_ladder03.news.aol.com>, dyou98_at_aol.com (Dyou98) wrote:
> I seemed to remember, from my experience
> with Oracle8.0.2, that two of important features
> (inheritance and polymorphism) are not
> supported. And even encapsulation is not
> what OO programmers are used to, because
> all attributes are public. I am not sure if Oracle
> 8.1 will address these issues.

ok, so we've got no inheritance and no polymorphism. oh, and we really don't quite have encapsulation either...

does oracle consider 'object' to be anything more than a marketing term?

mark

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