Re: Inheritance

On Wed, 2002-08-14 at 10:17, Ross J. Reedstrom wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 14, 2002 at 09:39:06AM -0500, Greg Copeland wrote:
> > I completely agree.  This is why I want/wanted to pursue the theory and
> > existing implementations angle.
> 
> In theory, it sounds like a good idea. In practice ... ;-)
> 

LOL.  :)

> > Seems like everyone trying to jump on "index spanning" is premature.
> 
> Seems like some people haven't looked at the history of the OO
> implementation in PostgreSQL.

[waving hand...]

> 
> Bruce has archived some of the emails - check your local pgsql source tree,
> under <$PGSQLHOME>/doc/TODO.detail/inheritance
> 
> There was also some theoretical OO discussion, back when the change for
> default SELECT behavior on an inhertiance tree was made. (You used to
> have to say: SELECT foo from parent* to get foo from the parent and all
> children) Take a look at the archives and see if there's anything in that
> discussion that interests you: providing summary posts of old discussions
> is often a good way to restart and move an unresolved topic along.

Thanks!  I briefly read something about that in the archives.  Excellent
pointers.  I'll check that out.  If I have time, I'll try to summarize
and post.


Greg Copeland