Let's start off by saying, I'm new to PSQL and coming from a MSSQL background. I'm starting to design a DB in PSQL.

So my main aim is to have a Main schema in this DB, which I am going to use to control certain services with, and have multiple schema's linked to this, which is going to be the different clients data.

I have read up on table inheritance, but have never came across anyone using inheritance with an effect similar to that of DB Migrations. What I want to achieve is basically have a default schema, with the clients schema's all inheriting from the default. This to me gives control of creating/dropping/altering objects to all schema's by just altering a single schema.

Could this be viable? Has anyone else had any experience doing something similar? Does anyone have any suggestion?

Let's start off by saying, I'm new to PSQL and coming from a MSSQL background. I'm starting to design a DB in PSQL.

So my main aim is to have a Main schema in this DB, which I am going to use to control certain services with, and have multiple schema's linked to this, which is going to be the different clients data.

I have read up on table inheritance, but have never came across anyone using inheritance with an effect similar to that of DB Migrations. What I want to achieve is basically have a default schema, with the clients schema's all inheriting from the default. This to me gives control of creating/dropping/altering objects to all schema's by just altering a single schema.

Could this be viable? Has anyone else had any experience doing something similar? Does anyone have any suggestion?

UPDATE

This is what I've done. However, I was under the impression that, if you look at the below code, schema 'client1' will be all I need to do, however I was wrong. :D

So anyway, below is the script I have done, which should take care of everything I need for now - I am going to use the script for the 'client2' schema. Good or Bad?

-- public schema --
CREATE TABLE public.Users (
   Id bigserial primary key,
   Login text unique,
   check (false) NO INHERIT 
);

CREATE TABLE public.Roles (
   Id bigserial primary key,
   RoleName text unique,
   check (false) NO INHERIT 
);

CREATE TABLE public.UserRoles (
   Id bigserial primary key,
   UserId bigint references users(id),
   RoleId bigint references roles(id),
   unique (UserId, RoleId),
   check (false) NO INHERIT 
);


-- client1 schema --
CREATE TABLE client1.Users (
)
INHERITS(public.Users);

CREATE TABLE client1.Roles (
)
INHERITS(public.Roles);

CREATE TABLE client1.UserRoles (
)
INHERITS(public.UserRoles);


-- client2 schema --
CREATE TABLE client2.Users (
  primary key (id),
  Unique (Login)
)
INHERITS(public.Users);

CREATE TABLE client2.Roles (
  primary key (id),
  Unique (RoleName)
)
INHERITS(public.Roles);

CREATE TABLE client2.UserRoles (
  primary key (id),
  foreign key (UserId) REFERENCES client2.Users(id),
  foreign key (RoleId) REFERENCES client2.Roles(id),
  unique (UserId, RoleId)
)
INHERITS(public.UserRoles);