Re: inheritance and table

nik600 wrote:
> hi
>
> i don't have understand how works inheritance of tables...
>
> if table B inherits from table A
>
> - A and B must share primary keys?
>
> - if i isert record in B the record is replaced in A ?
>
> can i avoid this?
>
> i would like to have this scenario:
>
> table A
>
> table B inheridts from A
> table C inheridts from A
>
> if i insert a record in B it must be insered only in B!
> if i insert a record in C it must be insered only in C!
>
> is it possible?
>
> thanks
Do you mean like this? (Notice the use of LIKE instead of INHERITS):

CREATE TABLE table_1 (
a int,
b int
)

CREATE TABLE table_2 (
LIKE table_1
)

(**Note: CREATE TABLE with INHERITS uses different syntax!**)

INSERT INTO table_1 (a, b) VALUES (1, 2);
INSERT INTO table_2 (a, b,) VALUES (3, 4);

Now,

SELECT * FROM table_1;

yeilds,

_a | b_
1 | 2

and not,

_a | b
_1 | 2
3 | 4

as it would've if you'd used INHERITS instead of LIKE.

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