Re: pg_dump: use ALTER TABLE for PKs

At 13:07 19/02/02 -0800, Stephan Szabo wrote:
>>
>>     CREATE TABLE PARENT(F1 INT PRIMARY KEY);
>>     CREATE TABLE CHILD(...) INHERIT PARENT
>>
>> this should create a PK on CHILD; what does pg-dump and the ALTER TABLE
>> implementation do? Not sure how it should work, but ultimately we need to
>
>Unless it was changed between rc2 and release, the above type of
>sequence does not end up with a primary key on child(f1).

Interesting, - that makes pg_dumps job easier. Are any constraints ever
inherited?


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