Re: "mirroring" a table - PostgreSQL 7.3.2 - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: "mirroring" a table - PostgreSQL 7.3.2
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Msg-id 5233.1074978599@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to "mirroring" a table - PostgreSQL 7.3.2  ("C. Bensend" <benny@bennyvision.com>)
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"C. Bensend" <benny@bennyvision.com> writes:
>    I have two tables in the same database, whose structure I want to be
> identical.  Call them 'bob' and 'test_bob' for example.

>    If I make a change to the schema of 'bob', I want that exact change to
> happen to 'test_bob'.

Possibly you could get the effect you want by making one a child of the
other.  Read up on inheritance.  There are some side-effects you'd
probably *not* want, so this isn't a perfect solution, but I can't think
of anything else.

            regards, tom lane

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