Andy Colson wrote:
> Jun Yang wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I want to add some common columns to all of my tables. One way I
>> think would be to add a super table that contains the common columns
>> to all tables. But is there a way to add a super table to existing
>> tables for them to inherit from?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Jun
>>
>
> as long as the parent and child has the same table struct, yes.
>
> use:
>
> alter table child inherit newparent;
>
> -Andy
err... sorry, let me fix that: the parent must have a common subset of all the children. (The children can have
extrasthe parent does not, but not visa versa)
-Andy