On Mon, 2005-11-28 at 14:22 -0600, Announce wrote:
> Lets say I have the following tables.
> 
> CREATE TABLE animals(id primary key, name varchar, type varchar);
> CREATE TABLE dogs (breed varchar)            INHERITS (animals);
> CREATE TABLE birds (bool hasFeathers) INHERITS (animals);

r=# alter table birds alter type set default 'Bird';
ALTER TABLE
r=# \d birds
                        Table "public.birds"
   Column    |       Type        |             Modifiers
-------------+-------------------+-----------------------------------
 id          | integer           | not null
 name        | character varying |
 type        | character varying | default 'Bird'::character varying
 hasfeathers | boolean           |
Inherits: animals

r=# \d animals
         Table "public.animals"
 Column |       Type        | Modifiers
--------+-------------------+-----------
 id     | integer           | not null
 name   | character varying |
 type   | character varying |
Indexes:
    "animals_pkey" PRIMARY KEY, btree (id)



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