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Table Inheritance

Only tables that are defined on named row types support table inheritance. Table inheritance is the property that allows a table to inherit the behavior (constraints, storage options, triggers) from the supertable above it in the table hierarchy. A table hierarchy is the relationship that you can define among tables in which subtables inherit the behavior of supertables. A table inheritance provides the following advantages:

In a table hierarchy, a subtable automatically inherits the following properties from its supertable:

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