Nis Jørgensen wrote: > Alvaro Herrera skrev: > > Nis Jørgensen wrote: > > > >> What if, for instance, I want to render a list of shapes? > >> > >> To render the shape, I need to get its data, to get its data, I > >> need to know what type it is. ISTM that the easiest way to achieve > >> this is storing the type info at the "top" of the table hierarchy. > > > > Try adding "tableoid" to the list of columns retrieved. Even better, > > cast that to regclass. > > This is if I use PG table inheritance, right? Right, that was what I was thinking. -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/ The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc.
