diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml index a141576d61b..fdad2cfc613 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml @@ -3944,9 +3944,9 @@ SCRAM-SHA-256$<iteration count>:&l The catalog pg_inherits records information about - table inheritance hierarchies. There is one entry for each direct - parent-child table relationship in the database. (Indirect inheritance can be determined - by following chains of entries.) + table and index inheritance hierarchies. There is one entry for each direct + parent-child table or index relationship in the database. (Indirect + inheritance can be determined by following chains of entries.) @@ -3968,7 +3968,7 @@ SCRAM-SHA-256$<iteration count>:&l oid pg_class.oid - The OID of the child table + The OID of the child table or index @@ -3977,7 +3977,7 @@ SCRAM-SHA-256$<iteration count>:&l oid pg_class.oid - The OID of the parent table + The OID of the parent table or index @@ -3989,6 +3989,8 @@ SCRAM-SHA-256$<iteration count>:&l 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. + Indexes can not have multiple inheritance, since they can only inherit + when using declarative partitioning.