Re: Table inheritance versus views

On 3 Aug 2002, Hannu Krosing wrote:

> hannu=# create table animal (name text, legcount int);
> CREATE
> hannu=# insert into animal values('pig',4);
> INSERT 34183 1
> hannu=# select * from animal;
>  name | legcount
> ------+----------
>  pig  |        4
> (1 row)
>
> hannu=# create table bird (wingcount int) inherits (animal);
> CREATE
> hannu=# insert into bird values('hen',2,2);
> INSERT 34189 1
> hannu=# select * from animal;
>  name | legcount
> ------+----------
>  pig  |        4
>  hen  |        2
> (2 rows)

You can do this just as well with views. In posgres, it's harder
only because you're forced to create rules for updating views. But
it's possible to have the system automatically do the right thing.

cjs
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