RE: Supertypes?

From: "Christian Marschalek" <cm(at)chello(dot)at>
To: "[GENERAL] PostgreSQL" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: RE: Supertypes?
Date: 2001-03-27 13:58:39
Message-ID: 000101c0b6c6$0653a9e0$0200a8c0@server
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> Pg DOES support it!
Oh... My fault :o)

> However, it doesn't really have anything
> to do with data redundancy. Data redundancy means storing
> the same DATA in more than one table meaning that if it
> changes in one table, you have to update all of the other
> tables. That's not the same as inheritance which means you
> can use a common base_table with additions to child tables as
> necessary.
Well we've learned that when you have lets say five tables which all
contain name, adresse, city and so on you also have a form of
redundancy... Can be wrong, though ;o)

chris

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