Diego Saravia ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) reports a bug with a severity of 4 The lower the number the more severe it is. Short Description references fail over rows inserted via inherited tables Long Description When you insert a row via an inherited table, with 7.1.1, you can see in the parent table. But when you try to insert a reference to that value you can't. Sample Code /*I have a problem with inherited primary keys When I referenced a primary key inserted via an inherited table it gives you an error Is this the right way? Example ************************************************* */ select version(); /* version --------------------------------------------------------------- PostgreSQL 7.1.1 on i686-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC 2.95.2 (1 row) */ create table persona( id serial primary key, nombre text ); create table usuario( alias text ) inherits (persona) ; insert into usuario (alias,nombre) values ('no','NO'); insert into persona (nombre) values ('SI'); select * from persona; /* id | nombre ----+-------- 2 | SI 1 | NO (2 rows) */ select * from usuario; /* id | nombre | alias ----+--------+------- 1 | NO | no (1 row) */ create table trabajo( titulo text, propietario integer references persona ); insert into trabajo (titulo,propietario) values ('capaz',1); /*ERROR: <unnamed> referential integrity violation - key referenced from trabajo not found in persona */ insert into trabajo (titulo,propietario) values ('capaz',2); select * from trabajo; /* titulo | propietario --------+------------- capaz | 2 (1 row) */ create table trabajo2( titulo text, propietario integer references usuario ); /* ERROR: PRIMARY KEY for referenced table "usuario" not found I think that this is also not Ok */ No file was uploaded with this report ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://www.postgresql.org/search.mpl