Foreign key constraints on inherited columns, 2 errors.

Stephen Deasey (sdeasey@bigfoot.com) reports a bug with a severity of 2
The lower the number the more severe it is.

Short Description
Foreign key constraints on inherited columns, 2 errors.

Long Description
Using the Postgres 7.1.1 RPMs I typed the following into psql:

=# create table foo (foo integer);
CREATE
=# create table bar (bar integer) inherits(foo);
CREATE
=# create table baz (baz integer references bar(foo));
NOTICE:  CREATE TABLE will create implicit trigger(s) for FOREIGN KEY check(s)
ERROR:  UNIQUE constraint matching given keys for referenced table "bar" not found


I think this is incorrect, and it is not the behaviour I was seeing with version 7.0.3 where it worked as expected.


HOWEVER...

I upgraded to 7.1.1 in the first place hoping to fix the following problem:  The above defined tables load correctly.
Tablebar has data loaded into the inherited columns from foo, which can clearly be seen when selecting using the 'from
bar*'syntax. When inserting into baz the referential constraint kicks in complaining there is no matching value in bar.
Theconstraint trigger is not checking up the hierarchy of inherited columns. 

Sorry I can't give the exact error mesage now, I blew away the old installation.


Thanks!

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