On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 12:25:08AM +0100, damien clochard wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Last week, i took some time to check if i was still able to write
> some basic C code. So i looked into the TODO list and picked some
> trivial items.
>
> This one is very basic, it just shows the child tables of a specific
> table when you type \d <tablename> in psql :
>
>
> # create table mother(id SERIAL);
> # create table daughter() inherits(mother);
> # create table daughter2() inherits(mother);
> # create schema plop;
> # create table plop.daughter3() inherits(mother);
> # \d mother
> Table "public.mother"
> Column | Type | Modifiers
> --------+---------+-----------------------------------------------------
> id | integer | not null default nextval('mother_id_seq'::regclass)
> Child tables: daughter,
> daughter2,
> plop.daughter3
>
>
> I understand that it may not be the best moment to submit such a
> trivial patch, as most of you are working hard on more important
> topics. If you think i should submit it later, just let me know.
>
> BTW, this is the first patch i submit so any comment is more than
> welcome.
Should the patch (and the feature) use WITH RECURSIVE in order to get
the entire tree?
Cheers,
David (yes, I know it's predictable from me, but WITH RECURSIVE really
is a neat new toy ;)
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