Re: Setting a pre-existing index as a primary key - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Jonah H. Harris
Subject Re: Setting a pre-existing index as a primary key
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Msg-id 36e682920805101444l632ee2a2g5c6cc85ed4b8292a@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: Setting a pre-existing index as a primary key  (Gregory Stark <stark@enterprisedb.com>)
Responses Re: Setting a pre-existing index as a primary key  (Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>)
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Yes, I just think PREBUILT conveys the meaning of the command more
appropriately.  I could care less though.

On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 5:35 PM, Gregory Stark <stark@enterprisedb.com> wrote:
> "Jonah H. Harris" <jonah.harris@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> So, would anyone be averse to something like the following:
>>
>> ALTER TABLE blah ADD ... PRIMARY KEY (...) USING PREBUILT INDEX index_hame
>>
>> If the user doesn't specify CONSTRAINT constraint_name, it will
>> default to current implicit behavior of col_pkey.
>
> This is all so that the primary key shows up with a nice "PRIMARY KEY" instead
> of just the unique index?
>
> The "PREBUILT" seems unnecessary in that syntax.
>
> --
>  Gregory Stark
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>



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