Re: Foreign keys - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Dean Gibson (DB Administrator)
Subject Re: Foreign keys
Date
Msg-id 52B1FEB6.7000608@ultimeth.com
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In response to Re: Foreign keys  (Kevin Grittner <kgrittn@ymail.com>)
List pgsql-general
On 2013-12-18 10:41, Kevin Grittner wrote:
> Dean Gibson (DB Administrator) <postgresql@ultimeth.com> wrote:
>
>> ... that clearly spends some time building a separate index.
> No it doesn't.  If you are observing activity at that time, it is probably from validating that the constraint is
initiallyvalid. 

Ah ha!  That's what's consuming the time!  Thanks!

>
>>      5. If I need the separate index on Y, should it be built before or after the FOREIGN KEY constraint?
> In some cases it may allow faster initial validation of the constraint; if I wanted the index I would probably build
itbefore adding the constraint. 

Again, that's what I needed to know!  Thanks again!

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