It no longer seems to be possible to refer to a table, which is an
ancestor of any other, in a referential integrity constraint.
In this example, "person" is the ancestor of several other tables:
bray=# create table junk (id char(10) constraint junk_id_person references
person*(id));
ERROR: parser: parse error at or near "*"
bray=# create table junk (id char(10) constraint junk_id_person references
only person(id));
ERROR: parser: parse error at or near "only"
bray=# create table junk (id char(10) constraint junk_id_person references
person(id));
NOTICE: CREATE TABLE will create implicit trigger(s) for FOREIGN KEY check(s)
CREATE
bray=# insert into junk values ('aa');
ERROR: SELECT FOR UPDATE is not supported for inherit queries
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