Re: INHERITS doesn't offer enough functionality

Bruce Momjian wrote:
>> Alfred Perlstein wrote:
>> >
>> > I noticed that INHERITS doesn't propogate indecies, It'd be nice
>> > if there was an toption to do so.
>>
>> Yep it would. Are you volunteering?
>>
>
>Added to TODO:
>
> * Allow inherited tables to inherit index

What is the spec for this?

Do you mean that inheriting tables should share a single index with their
ancestors, or that each descendant should get a separate index on the
same pattern as its ancestors'?

With the former, the inherited index could be used to enforce a primary
key over a whole inheritance hierarchy, and would presumable make it
easier to implement RI against an inheritance hierarchy. Is this what
you have in mind?

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