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From: Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com>
To: Chris Travers <chris.travers@gmail.com>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
Cc: Postgres Documentation <pgsql-docs@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: Would like to contribute a section to docs for 9.3. Where to start?
Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2012 14:55:59 -0700
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On Sat, 2012-08-18 at 18:56 -0700, Chris Travers wrote:

> I was thinking initially of a *brief* description of what was meant so
> that people didn't get too confused.

+1.

I was imagining two contrasting examples, one using the relational
mindset and one using the O-R mindset.

Inheritance and composite types are easy enough to understand. Perhaps
those could make for a short example on the O-R side while still looking
different enough from a traditional relational approach.

Regards,
	Jeff Davis






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