On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 07:30:04PM -0800, Jonathan Ellis wrote: > > I tried to use PG inheritance in a project earlier this year. It > quickly became clear that it's not very useful except for toys. Which > is unfortunate, because it has the potential to make life a lot easier > in some situations. > > See http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-advocacy/2004-06/msg00236.php
Yep. Inheritance in PG is more of a legacy, a vestigial organ from its research-database-in-Berkeley days. Plus the PG developers are striving to keep it close to the SQL spec, and the PG inheritance stuff is quite different. -Roberto P.S.: Someone commented on PG 8.1, and it does look like another good release. PG continues to make solid performance improvements that are sure to benefit small and large applications alike. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
