Re: unique/references not honored when inheriting tables

Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: bahmann@math.tu-freiberg.de, pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2000-10-16T16:59:21Z
Lists: pgsql-bugs, pgsql-hackers
Is this still true in 7.1?


> Helge Bahmann (bahmann@math.tu-freiberg.de) reports a bug with a severity of 4
> The lower the number the more severe it is.
> 
> Short Description
> unique/references not honored when inheriting tables
> 
> Long Description
> If a table inherits fields carrying the "references" or "unique" constraint, they are not honoured but silently dropped. It is necessary to manually create the triggers/indices.
> 
> It would be nice if it were possible to create an index across a table and all sub-tables.
> 
> 
> Sample Code
> CREATE TABLE foo(id int unique)
> CREATE TABLE bar() INHERITS (foo)
> INSERT INTO bar VALUES(1)
> INSERT INTO bar VALUES(1)
> 
> 
> No file was uploaded with this report
> 
> 


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