On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 3:48 PM, Paul Linehan <linehanp@tcd.ie> wrote:
Hi all,
I'll explain the problem and then I'll give you a schema you should be able to cut and paste.
I have a system which has different tables for each salesman (please don't blame me for this snafu). **Same** table structure for each person.
I want to be able to query results for each salesman - but new sales personnel are being added and deleted all the time, so a static list is not appropriate.
OK, we won't blame you. But since the tables are identical, have you considered inheritance?
Create table allsalespersons... to have a master table with the same structure as the individual salesperson.
For existing tables, convert them to child tables:
alter table fred inherit allsalespersons;
...
For new tables just create them as inherited to begin with.
Now you can select from "allsalespersons" and get everyone.
