Re: table inheritance

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Stephan Szabo <sszabo(at)megazone23(dot)bigpanda(dot)com>
Cc: Renaud Thonnart <thonnart(at)amwdb(dot)u-strasbg(dot)fr>, "pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: table inheritance
Date: 2001-06-10 01:24:46
Message-ID: 200106100124.f5A1OkI14725@candle.pha.pa.us
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> On Thu, 31 May 2001, Renaud Thonnart wrote:
>
> > Hi all!
> >
> > I would like to know if a table that inherits an other does also inherit
> > of the constraints,triggers,... of the parent table because it is not
> > mentioned in the PostgreSQL guide.
>
> AFAIK, Not null and Check constraints are inherited. Unique, Primary Key,
> Foreign Key and user triggers are not.

TODO updated:

* Allow inherited tables to inherit index, UNIQUE constraint, and
primary key, foreign key [inheritance]

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