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There is one entry for each direct5   parent-child table or index relationship in the database.  (Indirect6   inheritance can be determined by following chains of entries.)7  </p><div class="table" id="id-1.10.4.29.4"><p class="title"><strong>Table 53.27. <code class="structname">pg_inherits</code> Columns</strong></p><div class="table-contents"><table class="table" summary="pg_inherits Columns" border="1"><colgroup><col /></colgroup><thead><tr><th class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">8       Column Type9      </p>10      <p>11       Description12      </p></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">13       <code class="structfield">inhrelid</code> <code class="type">oid</code>14       (references <a class="link" href="catalog-pg-class.html" title="53.11. pg_class"><code class="structname">pg_class</code></a>.<code class="structfield">oid</code>)15      </p>16      <p>17       The OID of the child table or index18      </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">19       <code class="structfield">inhparent</code> <code class="type">oid</code>20       (references <a class="link" href="catalog-pg-class.html" title="53.11. pg_class"><code class="structname">pg_class</code></a>.<code class="structfield">oid</code>)21      </p>22      <p>23       The OID of the parent table or index24      </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">25       <code class="structfield">inhseqno</code> <code class="type">int4</code>26      </p>27      <p>28       If there is more than one direct parent for a child table (multiple29       inheritance), this number tells the order in which the30       inherited columns are to be arranged.  The count starts at 1.31      </p>32      <p>33       Indexes cannot have multiple inheritance, since they can only inherit34       when using declarative partitioning.35      </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">36       <code class="structfield">inhdetachpending</code> <code class="type">bool</code>37      </p>38      <p>39       <code class="literal">true</code> for a partition that is in the process of40       being detached; <code class="literal">false</code> otherwise.41      </p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br class="table-break" /></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="catalog-pg-index.html" title="53.26. pg_index">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="catalogs.html" title="Chapter 53. System Catalogs">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="catalog-pg-init-privs.html" title="53.28. pg_init_privs">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">53.26. <code class="structname">pg_index</code> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> 53.28. <code class="structname">pg_init_privs</code></td></tr></table></div></body></html>