<firstterm>parent</firstterm>, <classname>cities</classname>. The

type of the column <structfield>name</structfield> is

<type>text</type>, a native <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>

type for variable length character strings. State capitals have

an extra column, <structfield>state</structfield>, that shows their state. In

type for variable length character strings. The

<classname>capitals</classname> table has

an extra column, <structfield>state</structfield>, which shows their states. In

<productname>PostgreSQL</productname>, a table can inherit from

zero or more other tables.

</para>