Re: DEFAULT Constraint based on table type?

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 nullname
  | character varying |type        | character varying | default 'Bird'::character varyinghasfeathers | boolean
 |
 
Inherits: animals

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



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