Commit 903134fc authored by Michael Paquier's avatar Michael Paquier

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
parent e7591fd3
...@@ -4417,9 +4417,9 @@ SCRAM-SHA-256$<replaceable>&lt;iteration count&gt;</replaceable>:<replaceable>&l ...@@ -4417,9 +4417,9 @@ SCRAM-SHA-256$<replaceable>&lt;iteration count&gt;</replaceable>:<replaceable>&l
<para> <para>
The catalog <structname>pg_inherits</structname> records information about The catalog <structname>pg_inherits</structname> records information about
table inheritance hierarchies. There is one entry for each direct table and index inheritance hierarchies. There is one entry for each direct
parent-child table relationship in the database. (Indirect inheritance can be determined parent-child table or index relationship in the database. (Indirect
by following chains of entries.) inheritance can be determined by following chains of entries.)
</para> </para>
<table> <table>
...@@ -4443,7 +4443,7 @@ SCRAM-SHA-256$<replaceable>&lt;iteration count&gt;</replaceable>:<replaceable>&l ...@@ -4443,7 +4443,7 @@ SCRAM-SHA-256$<replaceable>&lt;iteration count&gt;</replaceable>:<replaceable>&l
(references <link linkend="catalog-pg-class"><structname>pg_class</structname></link>.<structfield>oid</structfield>) (references <link linkend="catalog-pg-class"><structname>pg_class</structname></link>.<structfield>oid</structfield>)
</para> </para>
<para> <para>
The OID of the child table The OID of the child table or index
</para></entry> </para></entry>
</row> </row>
...@@ -4453,7 +4453,7 @@ SCRAM-SHA-256$<replaceable>&lt;iteration count&gt;</replaceable>:<replaceable>&l ...@@ -4453,7 +4453,7 @@ SCRAM-SHA-256$<replaceable>&lt;iteration count&gt;</replaceable>:<replaceable>&l
(references <link linkend="catalog-pg-class"><structname>pg_class</structname></link>.<structfield>oid</structfield>) (references <link linkend="catalog-pg-class"><structname>pg_class</structname></link>.<structfield>oid</structfield>)
</para> </para>
<para> <para>
The OID of the parent table The OID of the parent table or index
</para></entry> </para></entry>
</row> </row>
...@@ -4465,6 +4465,10 @@ SCRAM-SHA-256$<replaceable>&lt;iteration count&gt;</replaceable>:<replaceable>&l ...@@ -4465,6 +4465,10 @@ SCRAM-SHA-256$<replaceable>&lt;iteration count&gt;</replaceable>:<replaceable>&l
If there is more than one direct parent for a child table (multiple If there is more than one direct parent for a child table (multiple
inheritance), this number tells the order in which the inheritance), this number tells the order in which the
inherited columns are to be arranged. The count starts at 1. inherited columns are to be arranged. The count starts at 1.
</para>
<para>
Indexes can not have multiple inheritance, since they can only inherit
when using declarative partitioning.
</para></entry> </para></entry>
</row> </row>
</tbody> </tbody>
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