Re: postgresql table inheritance

From: Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>
To: Peter Childs <peterachilds(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: postgresql table inheritance
Date: 2007-11-30 19:42:18
Message-ID: 1196451738.22428.397.camel@dogma.ljc.laika.com
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On Fri, 2007-11-30 at 14:33 +0000, Peter Childs wrote:
> Table Inheritance is table structure ie a child table has all the same
> columns as the old one with some added columns that sore specialist
> items. This feature is used heavily used in Table Partitioning.
> Perhaps it should be renamed.

I think that was the point of the slashdot post: it creates confusion to
call two separate concepts by the same name.

Regards,
Jeff Davis

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