Dropping all foreign keys for a column in a table - Mailing list pgsql-general

Here is a function for removing all FKs on a column (yes, PG for some
reason allows multiple similar FKs on a column):

create or replace function remove_fk_by_table_and_column(p_table_name
varchar, p_column_name varchar) returns INTEGER as $$
declare
     v_fk_name varchar := NULL;
     v_fk_num_removed INTEGER := 0;
begin
     FOR v_fk_name IN (SELECT ss2.conname
         FROM pg_attribute af, pg_attribute a,
             (SELECT conname, conrelid,confrelid,conkey[i] AS conkey,
confkey[i] AS confkey
                 FROM (SELECT conname, conrelid,confrelid,conkey,confkey,
                     generate_series(1,array_upper(conkey,1)) AS i
                     FROM pg_constraint WHERE contype = 'f') ss) ss2
         WHERE af.attnum = confkey
             AND af.attrelid = confrelid
             AND a.attnum = conkey
             AND a.attrelid = conrelid
             AND a.attrelid = p_table_name::regclass
             AND a.attname = p_column_name) LOOP
         execute 'alter table ' || quote_ident(p_table_name) || ' drop
constraint ' || quote_ident(v_fk_name);
         v_fk_num_removed = v_fk_num_removed + 1;
     END LOOP;

     return v_fk_num_removed;

end;
$$ language plpgsql;

Usage:

select remove_fk_by_table_and_column('my_table', 'some_column');

I find myself often having to remove FK-constraints on a column because
they are refactored to point to other columns or whatever, and I thought
this might be useful to others.

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