Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1rIErV-007EAi-Mu for pgsql-www@arkaria.postgresql.org; Tue, 26 Dec 2023 21:21:17 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=malur.postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1rIErU-00FuCP-CJ for pgsql-www@arkaria.postgresql.org; Tue, 26 Dec 2023 21:21:16 +0000 Received: from makus.postgresql.org ([2001:4800:3e1:1::229]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1rIErU-00FuCH-4s for pgsql-www@lists.postgresql.org; Tue, 26 Dec 2023 21:21:16 +0000 Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us ([68.162.161.243]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1rIErR-00CL4w-Qu for pgsql-www@lists.postgresql.org; Tue, 26 Dec 2023 21:21:14 +0000 Received: from sss1.sss.pgh.pa.us (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id 3BQLL63X2321549; Tue, 26 Dec 2023 16:21:06 -0500 From: Tom Lane To: Bruce Momjian cc: "Karl O. Pinc" , pgsql-www@lists.postgresql.org Subject: Re: Describing Postgres as "object-relational" on the home page In-reply-to: References: <20231226131047.493259f8@slate.karlpinc.com> Comments: In-reply-to Bruce Momjian message dated "Tue, 26 Dec 2023 15:17:41 -0500" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <2321547.1703625666.1@sss.pgh.pa.us> Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2023 16:21:06 -0500 Message-ID: <2321548.1703625666@sss.pgh.pa.us> List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Archived-At: Precedence: bulk Bruce Momjian writes: > On Tue, Dec 26, 2023 at 01:10:47PM -0600, Karl O. Pinc wrote: >> It may be better to just say "relational". > I guess if I had to name this with no precedence, I would call it > relational/extendable, but that seems even worse that what we have. Call it an "extensible relational database"? I agree that the "object" part is out of date and no longer much of a focal point. regards, tom lane