Re: Flamewar object databases vs. relational databases (was: Unknown SQL)

Adam Ruth wrote:
> PostgreSQL - any version
> DB/2 - 5.1 + (that I'm sure of though it could have been earlier)
> Create table person (columns...);
> Create table employee (columns...) inherits person;
> I believe Informix and Sybase now also support this, though I'm not sure.

I know that Informix does, since Akmal recently posted an example to comp.databases.object.

Could you please provide samples for insert and select statements? Thanks!

Lee, someone, whoever:
Does this conform to relational theories? Is there a common standard for select statements?

Kind regards,
Carl

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Carl Rosenberger
db4o - database for objects - http://www.db4o.com