Re: foreign keys and inheritance problem - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Edoardo Panfili
Subject Re: foreign keys and inheritance problem
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Msg-id 4C6443AC.9000806@aspix.it
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In response to Re: foreign keys and inheritance problem  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On 12/08/10 20.44, Tom Lane wrote:
> Edoardo Panfili<edoardo@aspix.it>  writes:
>> On 12/08/10 18.59, Edoardo Panfili wrote:
>>> I am in some trouble with my tables defined using inheritance,
>
> No, foreign keys do not play very nicely with inheritance.  There is
> some explanation in the manual, in the "Caveats" subsection under
> "Inheritance" --- see bottom of this page:
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/ddl-inherit.html
>
thank you, I must read with more attenction the page.

I stop the search for a declarative solution, triggers or no check.

thank you again
Edoardo

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