Re: Primary keys and indexes - Mailing list pgsql-novice

From Bruno Wolff III
Subject Re: Primary keys and indexes
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Msg-id 20050121212009.GA1022@wolff.to
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In response to Primary keys and indexes  ("Keith Worthington" <keithw@narrowpathinc.com>)
List pgsql-novice
On Fri, Jan 21, 2005 at 15:54:36 -0500,
  Keith Worthington <keithw@narrowpathinc.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Does building a primary key constraint automatically generate an index?  Using
> pgadmin I cannot see it if it does.  Should I explicitly build indexes on
> primary keys?  Wouldn't building a unique index on the same columns as the
> primary key be redundent?  Your guidance is appreciated.

Yes, when you declare a primary (or unique) key a unique index over the
columns of the key is created.

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