Creating a child table : Children Table « Inheritance « PostgreSQL

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Creating a child table

postgres=#
postgres=#
postgres=# -- Creating a child table
postgres=#
postgres=# CREATE TABLE "authors" (
postgres(#      "id" integer NOT NULL,
postgres(#      "last_name" text,
postgres(#      "first_name" text,
postgres(#      Constraint "authors_pkey" Primary Key ("id")
postgres(# );
NOTICE:  CREATE TABLE / PRIMARY KEY will create implicit index "authors_pkey" for table "authors"
CREATE TABLE
postgres=#
postgres=#
postgres=# CREATE TABLE distinguished_authors (award text)
postgres-#               INHERITS (authors);
CREATE TABLE
postgres=#
postgres=# INSERT INTO distinguished_authors
postgres-#              VALUES (1,'S', 'N', 'Prize');
INSERT 0 1
postgres=#
postgres=# -- Selecting with inheritance
postgres=#
postgres=# SELECT * FROM distinguished_authors
postgres-#           WHERE last_name = 'S';
 id | last_name | first_name | award
----+-----------+------------+-------
  1 | S         | N          | Prize
(1 row)

postgres=#
postgres=#
postgres=# drop table distinguished_authors;
DROP TABLE
postgres=# drop table authors;
DROP TABLE
postgres=#

           
       

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