Re: Improve "3.6. Inheritance" tutorial - Mailing list pgsql-docs

From David G. Johnston
Subject Re: Improve "3.6. Inheritance" tutorial
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Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/18/tutorial-inheritance.html
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I propose the following modifications:

I suggest going further and removing it from the tutorial altogether.  The inheritance chapter in data definition is sufficient, IMO.

Or maybe just make this page a simple pointer to that one.

I agree the tutorial, partly by virtue of being part of the formal documentation, has become outdated in quite a few ways.  I’m not a fan of trying to modernize the tutorial within the confines of the formal documentation though, when the wiki is a much more appropriate medium.

David J.

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