Hannu Krosing wrote:
>
> Chris Bitmead wrote:
> >
> > Hannu Krosing wrote:
> >
> > > Chris, what is your position on having a single primary key for all
> > > inherited columns ?
> >
> > What is the significance of a primary key compared to any old unique
> > key?
>
> I don't know ;) Some theorists seem to think it important, and PG allows
> only one PK per table.
>
> I just meant that primary key (as well as any other uniqe key) should be
> inherited from parent table
What object theory would say is that oid uniquely identifies an object.
Other unique keys should usually be inherited.
