This catalog records information about table inheritance hierarchies.
Table 3-10. pg_inherits Columns
| Name | Type | References | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| inhrelid | oid | pg_class.oid | This is the reference to the subtable, that is, it records the fact that the identified table is inherited from some other table. |
| inhparent | oid | pg_class.oid | This is the reference to the parent table, which the table referenced by inhrelid inherited from. |
| inhseqno | int4 | If there is more than one parent for a subtable (multiple inheritance), this number tells the order in which the inherited columns are to be arranged. The count starts at 1. |