Re: [PATCHES] Inherited Constraints - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [PATCHES] Inherited Constraints
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Msg-id 5648.1134092585@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: [PATCHES] Inherited Constraints  (Trent Shipley <tshipley@deru.com>)
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Trent Shipley <tshipley@deru.com> writes:
> Child tables are supposed to be able to over-ride parent constraints.  

Says who?

If we allow that, then reading the parent table will produce rows that
violate the parent's constraint.  This does not seem very wise.
        regards, tom lane


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