From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | "Thomas F(dot) O'Connell" <tfo(at)monsterlabs(dot)com> |
Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Re: 7.2 items |
Date: | 2001-05-13 01:43:16 |
Message-ID: | 200105130143.f4D1hGZ20449@candle.pha.pa.us |
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I think we just need someone to start a discussion then generate a patch
to match.
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> > Here is a small list of big TODO items. I was wondering which ones
> > people were thinking about for 7.2?
> >
> > * Allow inherited tables to inherit index, UNIQUE constraint, and primary key
> > [inheritance]
>
>
> i was wondering if there was any thought still being given to Oliver
> Elphick's post from a while back that is still in TODO.detail
> [inheritance]:
> http://candle.pha.pa.us/mhonarc/todo.detail/inheritance/msg00010.html
>
> i kind of feel as though the inheritance semantics for postgres at the
> moment are not fully fleshed out, and including further features without
> having a full plan for the semantics doesn't seem to advance the effort
> of making postgres a true Object-Relational DBMS.
>
> for my part, as a user, i am excited that inheritance is available even
> in a limited fashion, but where i use it, i have basically had to invent
> my own semantics for referential integrity based on a suite of triggers.
> this issue is addressed in Oliver's post, but i was wondering if such
> issues were still a part of the development dialogue since Oliver's post
> was the last in TODO.detail [inheritance] and seemed to merit no
> response (or any that i could find in the mailing list archives).
>
> -tfo
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