Re: Foreign keys referencing parent table fails on insert - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

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Subject Re: Foreign keys referencing parent table fails on insert
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In response to Foreign keys referencing parent table fails on insert  (postgresbugs <postgresbugs@grifent.com>)
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On Wed, 1 Dec 2004, Stephan Szabo wrote:

  On Wed, 1 Dec 2004, postgresbugs wrote:



    > Foreign keys referencing parent table fails on insert if the key is in
> the table that inherits the parent table.



Unfortunately, primary keys, unique constraints and foreign keys do not
inherit to children in a meaningful fashion. It's one of the big
deficiencies right now.




Too bad. Table inheritance is pretty meaningless without these
abilities. Anyone working on them? In the meantime, I will go back to
views and updating the underlying tables.

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