Re: Adding a Foreign Key - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Joe Conway
Subject Re: Adding a Foreign Key
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Msg-id 018e01c1349c$ebbf9b70$0705a8c0@jecw2k1
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In response to Adding a Foreign Key  (tankgirl@worldonline.es)
List pgsql-general
> Hello everyone,
>
>   I know that a Primary Key can be added to a table before it has been
created, doing this...
>
> CREATE UNIQUE INDEX table_pkey ON table (atribute);
>
>   Well I wonder if a Foreign Key can also be added and what syntax does it
follow.
>
>   Thankyou in advance.
>
>   Stay Safe & Happy.
>
>    :* TankGirl

See:

http://www.postgresql.org/idocs/index.php?sql-altertable.html

The part you're interested in says:

To add a foreign key constraint to a table:
ALTER TABLE distributors ADD CONSTRAINT distfk FOREIGN KEY (address)
REFERENCES addresses(address) MATCH FULL

Hope this helps,

-- Joe





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