Re: INHERITS doesn't offer enough functionality

Bruce Momjian wrote: >> Alfred Perlstein wrote: >> >  >> > I noticed that INHERITS doesn't propogate indecies, It'd be
nice>> > if there was an toption to do so. >>  >> Yep it would. Are you volunteering? >>  > >Added to TODO: > >    *
Allowinherited tables to inherit index
 

What is the spec for this?  

Do you mean that inheriting tables should share a single index with their
ancestors, or that each descendant should get a separate index on the
same pattern as its ancestors'?  

With the former, the inherited index could be used to enforce a primary
key over a whole inheritance hierarchy, and would presumable make it
easier to implement RI against an inheritance hierarchy.  Is this what
you have in mind?



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