It seems CREATE TABLE ... (LIKE INCLUDING CONSTRAINTS) doesn't work cleanly when there's also regular inheritance; my guess is that attnums get messed up at some point after the constraints are generated.
Here's a trivial test case: create table b (b1 int unique check (b1 > 100)); CREATE TABLE c (c1 int not null references b (b1)); create table d (d1 int, d2 point not null); create table a (a1 int not null, a2 text primary key, a3 timestamptz(6), like b including constraints, like c) inherits (d); You can see the broken state: alvherre=# \d [ab] Tabla «public.a» Columna | Tipo | Modificadores ---------+-----------------------------+--------------- d1 | integer | d2 | point | not null a1 | integer | not null a2 | text | not null a3 | timestamp(6) with time zone | b1 | integer | c1 | integer | not null Índices: "a_pkey" PRIMARY KEY, btree (a2) Restricciones CHECK: "b_b1_check" CHECK (a2 > 100) Hereda: d Tabla «public.b» Columna | Tipo | Modificadores ---------+---------+--------------- b1 | integer | Índices: "b_b1_key" UNIQUE CONSTRAINT, btree (b1) Restricciones CHECK: "b_b1_check" CHECK (b1 > 100) Referenciada por: TABLE "c" CONSTRAINT "c_c1_fkey" FOREIGN KEY (c1) REFERENCES b(b1) Notice how the CHECK constraint in table b points to column b1, but in table a it is mentioning column a2, even though that one is not even of the correct datatype. In fact if you try an insert, you get a weird error message: alvherre=# insert into a (d2, a2, a1, c1) values ('(1, 0)', '1', 1, 1); ERROR: attribute 4 has wrong type DETALLE: Table has type text, but query expects integer. If I take out the INHERITS clause in table a, the error disappears. -- Álvaro Herrera http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers