Thomas Swan wrote:
>I think I may have asked this before... If I did I'm sorry, but maybe this
>attempt, assuming a prior one, may be a little more clear.
>
>create table foo (id int8);
>create table bar1 (name text) inherits (foo);
>create table bar2 (data text) inherits (foo);
>create table hybrid ( ) inherits (bar1, bar2);
>
>INSERT INTO foo VALUES (1);
>INSERT INTO bar1 VALUES (2,'myname');
>INSERT INTO bar2 VALUES (3,'mydata');
>INSERT INTO hybrid VALUES (4,'morename','moredata');
>
>
>I want to do a SELECT * FROM foo*; but I only get the 'id' column as in :
>
>id
>---
> 1
> 2
> 3
> 4
This is correct in object-oriented theory. foo only knows about its own
features; it does not know about additional features of its descendants,
nor should it.
>What would be the query to get the following table or a magical way to
>expand children?
>
>I had originally hoped that SELECT * FROM foo* would yield the following,
>but it's not so.
>
>id | name | data
>---+------------+-------------
> 1 | null | null
> 2 | 'myname' | null
> 3 | null | 'mydata'
> 4 | 'morename' | 'moredata'
You need to use a UNION of the four tables, with nulls
supplied where necessary:
select * from hybrid -- specify first to establish the
-- column types
union select id, null, null from foo
union select id, name, null from bar1
union select id, null, data from bar2;
Unfortunately, you can't make this a view, because views of unions are
not yet supported.
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