Re: REFERENCE problem with parent_table

> I need many tables of type "id" and "name", see below:
> / CREATE TABLE id_names (
> id smallint CONSTRAINT the_id PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL,
> name text CONSTRAINT the_name UNIQUE
> ) WITH OIDS;/
> therefore I created these tables with the "LIKE" operator, see below:
> / CREATE TABLE like_id_1( LIKE id_names INCLUDING DEFAULTS ) WITH OIDS;
> CREATE TABLE like_id_2 ( LIKE id_names INCLUDING DEFAULTS ) WITH OIDS;

it looks like the syntax here is a little off from what is defined by:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/sql-createtable.html

CREATE TABLE like_id_1 ( id smallint like id_names,
name text like id_name ) with oids ;

Regards,

Richard Broersma jr.