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| author | Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz> | 2020-07-30 15:49:01 +0900 |
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| committer | Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz> | 2020-07-30 15:49:01 +0900 |
| commit | 255c707c87339110c04bc7240cf79bceb1a118d3 (patch) | |
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doc: Mention index references in pg_inherits
Partitioned indexes are also registered in pg_inherits, but the
description of this catalog did not reflect that.
Author: Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/87k0ynj35y.fsf@wibble.ilmari.org
Backpatch-through: 11
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml | 12 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml index a141576d61b..fdad2cfc613 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml @@ -3944,9 +3944,9 @@ SCRAM-SHA-256$<replaceable><iteration count></replaceable>:<replaceable>&l <para> The catalog <structname>pg_inherits</structname> records information about - table inheritance hierarchies. There is one entry for each direct - parent-child table relationship in the database. (Indirect inheritance can be determined - by following chains of entries.) + table and index inheritance hierarchies. There is one entry for each direct + parent-child table or index relationship in the database. (Indirect + inheritance can be determined by following chains of entries.) </para> <table> @@ -3968,7 +3968,7 @@ SCRAM-SHA-256$<replaceable><iteration count></replaceable>:<replaceable>&l <entry><type>oid</type></entry> <entry><literal><link linkend="catalog-pg-class"><structname>pg_class</structname></link>.oid</literal></entry> <entry> - The OID of the child table + The OID of the child table or index </entry> </row> @@ -3977,7 +3977,7 @@ SCRAM-SHA-256$<replaceable><iteration count></replaceable>:<replaceable>&l <entry><type>oid</type></entry> <entry><literal><link linkend="catalog-pg-class"><structname>pg_class</structname></link>.oid</literal></entry> <entry> - The OID of the parent table + The OID of the parent table or index </entry> </row> @@ -3989,6 +3989,8 @@ SCRAM-SHA-256$<replaceable><iteration count></replaceable>:<replaceable>&l If there is more than one direct parent for a child table (multiple inheritance), this number tells the order in which the inherited columns are to be arranged. The count starts at 1. + Indexes can not have multiple inheritance, since they can only inherit + when using declarative partitioning. </entry> </row> </tbody> |