On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 11:46:45PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> writes: > > If we adopt the elsewhere-proposed approach of forbidding the use of > > rowtypes to create typed tables, the circularity-checking logic here > > can become simpler. I think it's not actually water-tight right now: > > > rhaas=# create table a (x int); > > CREATE TABLE > > rhaas=# create table b of a; > > CREATE TABLE > > rhaas=# create table c () inherits (b); > > CREATE TABLE > > rhaas=# create table d of c; > > CREATE TABLE > > rhaas=# alter table a of d; > > ALTER TABLE > > "alter table a of d"? What the heck does that mean, and why would it be > a good idea?
CREATE TABLE a ...; ...; ALTER TABLE a OF d; = CREATE TABLE a OF d; It's a good idea as a heavy lifter for `pg_dump --binary-upgrade'. See the rest of this thread for the full background. -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
