Re: WIP: generalized index constraints - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Jeff Davis
Subject Re: WIP: generalized index constraints
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Msg-id 1253463384.23353.292.camel@jdavis
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In response to Re: WIP: generalized index constraints  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
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On Sat, 2009-09-19 at 23:15 -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
> I was wondering if we couldn't introduce a dummy tuple name similar to
> OLD and NEW, called, say, OTHER.  Then instead of writing a =, you
> could write a = OTHER.a ... or perhaps a = OTHER.b ... although that
> might also open the door to more things than you want to support at
> this point.

Interesting idea. At this point though, there is enough disagreement
over the language that I just want to take the least-invasive route that
has the lowest chance of causing a problem. It looks like ALTER INDEX
might be the path of least resistance.

Regards,Jeff Davis



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