Re: postgresql table inheritance - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Jeff Davis
Subject Re: postgresql table inheritance
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Msg-id 1196451738.22428.397.camel@dogma.ljc.laika.com
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In response to Re: postgresql table inheritance  ("Peter Childs" <peterachilds@gmail.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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