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3 | 3 | <chapter id="ddl"> |
4 | 4 | <title>Data Definition</title> |
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1059 | 1059 | <para> |
1060 | 1060 | <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> implements table inheritance |
1061 | | - which can be a useful tool for database designers.TheSQL:2003 |
1062 | | -standard optionally defines type inheritance which differs in many |
| 1061 | + which can be a useful tool for database designers. SQL:1999 and |
| 1062 | +later define a type inheritance feature, which differs in many |
1063 | 1063 | respects from the features described here. |
1064 | 1064 | </para> |
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1323 | 1323 | <para> |
1324 | 1324 | In previous versions of <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>, the |
1325 | 1325 | default behavior was not to include child tables in queries. This was |
1326 | | - found to be error prone and is also in violation of the SQL:2003 |
| 1326 | + found to be error prone and is also in violation of the SQL |
1327 | 1327 | standard. Under the old syntax, to get the sub-tables you append |
1328 | 1328 | <literal>*</literal> to the table name. For example: |
1329 | 1329 | <programlisting> |
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1364 | 1364 |
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1365 | 1365 | <para> |
1366 | 1366 | Currently, partitioning is implemented in conjunction with table |
1367 | | - inheritance only, though using fully SQL:2003 compliant syntax. |
| 1367 | + inheritance only, though using fully SQL compliant syntax. |
1368 | 1368 | Table inheritance allows tables to be split into partitions, and |
1369 | 1369 | constraint exclusion allows partitions to be selectively combined |
1370 | 1370 | as needed to satisfy a particular <command>SELECT</command> |
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