On 29 Jul 2002, Stephen Deasey wrote:
> Table inheritance offers data model extensibility. New (derived) tables
> can be added to the system, and will work with existing code that
> opperates on the base tables, without having to hack up all the code.
And why does this not work with the standard relational mechanism?
(Where a "derived table" would be just another table with a foreign
key pointing back to the base table.)
cjs
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