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From: john@anasaz.UUCP (John Moore)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: RDBMS sux, array/vector datatypes
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Date: 10 Nov 89 13:56:21 GMT
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Reply-To: john@anasaz.UUCP (John Moore)
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In article <4022@rtech.rtech.com> robf@squid.UUCP (Robert Fair (ECSC Tech Support)) writes:
]Recent posters have commented about the lack of array/vector datatypes
]in RDBMS currently available. This is actually an *implementation*
]restriction rather than an inherent drawback of RDBMS or SQL.
]
]There's no reason why an RDBMS cannot support an arry/vector datatype,
]in fact (plug coming) INGRES just announced a new "Object Management"
]extension  to INGRES R6 which allows you to create pretty much any kind 
]of datatype you like, including arrays and vectors. You can also create
]operators and functions to work with these datatypes - for example if
]you want (vector + vector) to work a specific way just define the
]appropriate operations for '+'. Once a datatype/operators/functions
]has been defined you can access it through SQL just like any regular
]"built-in" datatype.

This sounds great! Now, when can we get it into a standard so that I
can write an application using it and not be forever beholden to the
vendor of that particular flavor of OODBMS?
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