Re: A Guide to Constraint Exclusion (Partitioning)

Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com>

From: Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com>
To: Greg Stark <gsstark@mit.edu>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, bizgres-general@pgfoundry.org, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2005-07-24T19:55:09Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Sun, 2005-07-24 at 15:00 -0400, Greg Stark wrote:

> Maybe I'm doing something more obvious wrong?
> 
>   db=> create table _test (a integer);
>   CREATE TABLE
> 
>   db=> create table _test2 (like _test);
>   CREATE TABLE

Yes, unfortunately. You need the phrase "INHERITS (_test)" after the
bracket and before the ; for any tables you want to be children of
_test, such as _test2. The syntax "like..." creates a similar table, but
with no linkage between parent and children.

Best Regards, Simon Riggs