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Column orientation is an implementation detail. It has nothing to do with whether or not a DBMS is relational. Whether a system should be classified as relation
by cynwoody 13y ago
Column orientation is an implementation detail. It has nothing to do with whether or not a DBMS is relational. Whether a system should be classified as relational depends on how fully it supports the standard SQL interfaces, not on how it works under the covers.