pg_inherits

The pg_inherits system catalog table records information about table inheritance hierarchies. There is one entry for each direct child table in the database. (Indirect inheritance can be determined by following chains of entries.) In Greenplum Database, inheritance relationships are created by both the INHERITS clause (standalone inheritance) and the PARTITION BY clause (partitioned child table inheritance) of CREATE TABLE.

column	type	references	description
inhrelid	oid	pg_class.oid	The OID of the child table.
inhparent	oid	pg_class.oid	The OID of the parent table.
inhseqno	int4		If there is more than one direct parent for a child table (multiple inheritance), this number tells the order in which the inherited columns are to be arranged. The count starts at 1.

Parent topic: System Catalogs Definitions