The catalog pg_inherits records information about
table inheritance hierarchies. There is one entry for each direct
child table in the database. (Indirect inheritance can be determined
by following chains of entries.)
Table 42-19. pg_inherits Columns
| Name | Type | References | Description |
|---|
| inhrelid | oid | pg_class.oid | The OID of the child table.
|
| inhparent | oid | pg_class.oid | The OID of the parent table.
|
| inhseqno | int4 | | If there is more than one direct parent for a child table (multiple
inheritance), this number tells the order in which the
inherited columns are to be arranged. The count starts at 1.
|