Re: inherited table and rules

I think you can get what you want if you change the rule definition to

CREATE RULE
people_upd_history AS ON UPDATE TO people
DO INSERT INTO
people_history
SELECT * FROM only people WHERE usr_pkey = old.usr_pkey;

and your updates to be only's

-- update table (1) -- 2
UPDATE ONLY people SET color = 'cyan' WHERE usr_pkey = 1;

-- update table (2) -- 6
UPDATE ONLY people SET color = 'magenta' WHERE usr_pkey = 1;

-- update table (3) -- 42
UPDATE ONLY people SET color = 'yellow' WHERE usr_pkey = 1;

-- update table (4) -- 1806
UPDATE ONLY people SET color = 'black' WHERE usr_pkey = 1;

klint.

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