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Ask HN: Why do no databases support ADTs?

1 points by whatever3 2y ago

Anybody that has used algebraic data types(sum or product types) know how useful they are for describing data. Yet no databases, SQL or not, support them natively. Why?

PaulHoule 2y ago
What about https://docs.oracle.com/en/database/oracle/oracle-database/23/lnpls/CREATE-TYPE-statement.html https://docs.oracle.com/en/database/oracle/oracle-database/2...?