Re: turn off auto index for foreign key - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Alex Hunsaker
Subject Re: turn off auto index for foreign key
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In response to Re: turn off auto index for foreign key  ("Tommy Cheng" <csckcac@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: turn off auto index for foreign key  ("Tommy Cheng" <csckcac@gmail.com>)
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On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 10:17 PM, Tommy Cheng <csckcac@gmail.com> wrote:
> you are right. I double checked. So, is there any way to turn off auto index
> creation for the parent? (the best is changing postgresql database setting)
> I am using postgres (PostgreSQL) 8.1.9 on CentOS 5 x86_64
>

Again, there is no auto index creation for foriegn keys.  However if
you declared the column unique or its the pkey (ala unique) (As Scott
said) then there will  an index.

No you cant turn it off because its how postgres enforces uniqueness
see http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/index-unique-checks.html
for more

My guess, use the name of the index to try to distinguish.  Auto
generated ones will always be in the form:
pkey: <table_name>_pkey(num)
unique: <table_name>_<column_name>_key(num)

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