Re: Shorthand for foreign key indices - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Jim C. Nasby
Subject Re: Shorthand for foreign key indices
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Msg-id 20050508171054.GC88920@decibel.org
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In response to Shorthand for foreign key indices  (Brendan Jurd <direvus@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: Shorthand for foreign key indices  (Brendan Jurd <direvus@gmail.com>)
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On Mon, May 09, 2005 at 02:05:14AM +1000, Brendan Jurd wrote:
> CREATE TABLE foo (
>  foo int NOT NULL REFERENCES bar INDEX
> );
>
> ... would be marvellous

I agree that it would be handy. Another possibility is throwing a NOTICE
or even WARNING if you create a foreign key that isn't covered by an
index.

> My apologies if this has been answered before, but a search of the
> -general mailing list was not fruitful.

FYI, often times new ideas are only discussed on -hackers, so you should
search there as well.
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