Re: Thoughts on inheritance docs - Mailing list pgsql-docs

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Thoughts on inheritance docs
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Msg-id 11191.1345730997@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Thoughts on inheritance docs  (Chris Travers <chris.travers@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: Thoughts on inheritance docs  (Chris Travers <chris.travers@gmail.com>)
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Chris Travers <chris.travers@gmail.com> writes:
> 1)  Would it be worth coming up with more useful examples for table inheritance?
> 2)  Would it be worth adding mention of uses of multiple table inheritance?
> 3)  Would it be worth discussing how to position the limitations of
> table inheritance?  I personally recognize the difficulties in
> documenting these but I can't help thinking that a simple chart of
> "this is/is not inherited" would be very useful as well.

All of those sound sane to me at this level of detail, and in particular
I agree that the docs are short on examples of multiple inheritance.

The arguments will probably start once you get more concrete ...

            regards, tom lane


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