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<h1>Specifying additional tables</h1>
<p><a id="sthref97" name="sthref97"></a><a id="sthref98" name="sthref98"></a>An entity may inherit properties from other entities. You can specify a specific strategy to use for inheritance.</p>
<p>Use this procedure to specify inheritance (<code>@Inheritance)</code> for an existing entity (<code>@Entity</code>):</p>
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<p>Select the entity in the <span class="gui-object-title">Package Explorer</span>.</p>
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<p>In the <span class="gui-object-title">JPA Details</span> view, select the <span class="gui-object-action">Secondary Tables</span> information.</p>
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<p class="titleinfigure">Specifying Secondary Tables</p>
<img src="img/secondary_tables.png" alt="Secondary Tables area on the JPA Details view." title="Secondary Tables area on the JPA Details view." /><br /></div>
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<p>Click <span class="bold">Add</span> to associate an additional table with the entity. The Edit Secondary Table dialog appears</p>
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<p>Select the <span class="bold">Name</span>, <span class="bold">Catalog</span>, and <span class="bold">Schema</span> of the additional table to associate with the entity.</p>
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<p>Eclipse adds the following annotations the entity:</p>
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@SecondaryTable(name="NAME", catalog = "CATALOG", schema = "SCHEMA"

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