From: Michael Paquier Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2020 06:48:44 +0000 (+0900) Subject: doc: Mention index references in pg_inherits X-Git-Tag: REL_14_BETA1~1899 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=903134fcc0ccd188803fdbc2b7c06b898749153a;p=thirdparty%2Fpostgresql.git 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 --- diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml index a99c681887b..26fda20d193 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml @@ -4417,9 +4417,9 @@ SCRAM-SHA-256$<iteration count>:&l The catalog pg_inherits records information about - table inheritance hierarchies. There is one entry for each direct - parent-child table relationship in the database. (Indirect inheritance can be determined - by following chains of entries.) + table and index inheritance hierarchies. There is one entry for each direct + parent-child table or index relationship in the database. (Indirect + inheritance can be determined by following chains of entries.) @@ -4443,7 +4443,7 @@ SCRAM-SHA-256$<iteration count>:&l (references pg_class.oid) - The OID of the child table + The OID of the child table or index @@ -4453,7 +4453,7 @@ SCRAM-SHA-256$<iteration count>:&l (references pg_class.oid) - The OID of the parent table + The OID of the parent table or index @@ -4465,6 +4465,10 @@ SCRAM-SHA-256$<iteration count>:&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.