Get the name of a row's source table when querying the parent it inherits from

Question

I have a Postgres database with several tables that inherit from one other. I can SELECT from the parent table to get results from all it\'s children, but need

Answer 1

To identify the source table of a particular row, use the tableoid, like you found yourself already.
A cast to regclass retrieves the actual name, automatically schema-qualified where needed according to the current search_path.

SELECT *, tableoid::regclass::text AS table_name
FROM   master.tbl
WHERE  ;

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