Re: Viewing Foreign key constraints in psql - Mailing list pgsql-novice

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Viewing Foreign key constraints in psql
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Msg-id 23980.1037978286@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Viewing Foreign key constraints in psql  (Ludwig Lim <lud_nowhere_man@yahoo.com>)
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Ludwig Lim <lud_nowhere_man@yahoo.com> writes:
>   How do I view the foreign key constraints (name and
> definition) in psql? I can only see the triggers
> created by the constraint when I use the "\d <table>"
> command in psql.

In PG versions < 7.3, you don't: the system doesn't retain any concept
of the foreign key constraint as such, only the triggers that implement
it.  In 7.3 there is a pg_constraint table with an actual entry for each
foreign key constraint.

            regards, tom lane

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