rishi-ramawat/laravel-postgresql-inherit

Add inheritance in postgresql tables

PostgresqlSchema

, _(*1)

Add inheritance in postgresql tables, _(*2)

Installation

PHP 5.4+ and Laravel 5.2+ are required., _(*3)

For Laravel Versions **5.2.*** & **5.3.***, run the following command to install this package via composer, _(*4)

composer require "rishi-ramawat/laravel-postgresql-inherit ~2.1.0"

For Laravel Versions 5.4+, run the following command to install this package via composer, _(*5)

composer require "rishi-ramawat/laravel-postgresql-inherit ~2.2"

Once PostgreSQL Schema is installed, you need to register the service provider. Open up config/app.php and add the following to the providers array., _(*6)

RishiRamawat\PostgresSchema\PostgresqlSchemaServiceProvider::class,

Usage

In migration file when using a postgresql database, you can use the new method inherits():, _(*7)

Schema::create('cities', function(Blueprint $table) {
  $table->increments('id');
  $table->string('name');
  $table->double('population');
  $table->integer('altitude')->comment('In Feet');
});

Schema::create('capitals', function(Blueprint $table) {
    $table->string('state');
    // Make capitals table inherits all the columns of its parent table, cities
    $table->inherits('cities');
});