Re: Open items - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Robert Treat
Subject Re: Open items
Date
Msg-id 1067347297.2070.25791.camel@camel
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In response to Re: Open items  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
List pgsql-hackers
On Tue, 2003-10-28 at 00:02, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > > On Mon, 27 Oct 2003, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > >
> > > > Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Mon, 27 Oct 2003, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Changes
> > > > > > -------
> > > > > > Allow superuser (dba?) the ability to turn off foreign key checks/all
> > > > > >   constraints/triggers, not settable from postgresql.conf?
> > > > >
> > > > > feature, not bug fix, no?
> > > >
> > > > It became important when everyone realized that 7.4 would be first major
> > > > upgrade with full foreign key checking --- prior to that we did CREATE
> > > > CONSTRAINT TRIGGER that didn't check data.  Basically, that's how it got
> > > > on the open item list.
> > 
> > Altho important, it is still a feature, and as such, should not be
> > critical to holding up the release ...
> 
> That's all I need --- a consensus that is isn't significant enough to be
> on this list.
> 

Does this prevent me from recreating databases that might have improper
data in the foreign key fields?  If i would have been able to upgrade
these database in all prior versions but will now be prevented from
upgrading, then this is really a bug fix imho.

Robert Treat
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