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From	David G. Johnston
Subject	Re: "Reverse" inheritance?
Date	April 4, 2017 08:15:46
Msg-id	CAKFQuwZ7Tchx71LZk7yr-ih4sTuT3pcGCiCr09nKSDe-bJk-ow@mail.gmail.com Whole thread Raw
In response to	"Reverse" inheritance? (Tim Uckun <timuckun@gmail.com>)
Responses	Re: "Reverse" inheritance? (Tim Uckun <timuckun@gmail.com>)
List	pgsql-general

On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 7:07 PM, Tim Uckun <timuckun@gmail.com> wrote:

I am trying to make postgres tables work like an object hierarchy. As an example I have done this.

I suspect you are barking up the wrong tree ;)

You are probably better off incorporating something like the "ltree" type to encode the taxonomy.

I haven't had a chance to leverage it myself but the concept it embodies is solid.

David J.

From: Tim Uckun
Date: 04 April 2017, 08:07:08
Subject: "Reverse" inheritance?

From: Tim Uckun
Date: 04 April 2017, 09:19:53
Subject: Re: "Reverse" inheritance?