On Tue, 2006-05-23 at 16:29 +0200, Csaba Nagy wrote: > > ALTER TABLE childN ALTER INHERITS DROP (parent); > > ALTER TABLE childN ALTER INHERITS ADD (parent); > > Wouldn't it be possible to allow the ADD/DROP to happen in the same > statement, like: > > ALTER TABLE childN ALTER INHERITS DROP crt_parent ADD new_parent; > > or: > > ALTER TABLE childN ALTER INHERITS DROP crt_parent, ALTER INHERITS ADD > new_parent; > > That would still make it one statement, but more explicit. And it would > eliminate the need for parenthesis (I assume they were needed for > supplying more than 1 table to inherit/disinherit).
Sounds good. Do we need the ALTER keyword? That isn't used anywhere apart from manipulating columns. i.e. ALTER TABLE childN INHERITS DROP old_parent; ALTER TABLE childN INHERITS ADD new_parent; -- Simon Riggs EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq
