Re: Foreign key constraint question - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: Foreign key constraint question
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Msg-id 20070722033209.GD2902@alvh.no-ip.org
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In response to Re: Foreign key constraint question  (Nis Jørgensen <nis@superlativ.dk>)
Responses Re: Foreign key constraint question  (Nis Jørgensen <nis@superlativ.dk>)
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Nis Jørgensen wrote:

> What if, for instance, I want to render a list of shapes?
>
> To render the shape, I need to get its data, to get its data, I need to
> know what type it is. ISTM that the easiest way to achieve this is
> storing the type info at the "top" of the table hierarchy.

Try adding "tableoid" to the list of columns retrieved.  Even better,
cast that to regclass.

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