Ask HN: Why do no databases support ADTs?

1 pointsby whatever37 months 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?

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PaulHoule7 months ago

What about <a href="https://docs.oracle.com/en/database/oracle/oracle-database/23/lnpls/CREATE-TYPE-statement.html" rel="nofollow">https://docs.oracle.com/en/database/oracle/oracle-database/2...</a>?