After reading this chapter, the reader will understand:
The need for object-based databases
Two streams of object-based databases, that are object-relational and object-oriented databases
Extension of SQL to support complex data types and object-oriented features, such as inheritance
Defining structured data types using row and array type constructors
Defining methods on the structured types
The concept of type inheritance and table inheritance The concept of object identifier (OID) and reference types in SQL
Characteristics of object-oriented databases including persistence and versioning
The standard model of OODBMS, that is, the ODMG object model
Various concepts and technologies related to object model, ...
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