Re: Patch to add a primary key using an existing index - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Robert Haas
Subject Re: Patch to add a primary key using an existing index
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Msg-id AANLkTi=1ELkyYav3jNATg2NWyvmH4VQzJQPHBqt8-h1s@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: Patch to add a primary key using an existing index  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
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Re: Patch to add a primary key using an existing index
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On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 2:23 PM, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> wrote:
> On sön, 2010-11-28 at 20:40 -0500, Robert Haas wrote:
>> On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 8:06 PM, Itagaki Takahiro
>> <itagaki.takahiro@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 05:58, Steve Singer <ssinger@ca.afilias.info> wrote:
>> >> The attached version of the patch gets your regression tests to pass.
>> >> I'm going to mark this as ready for a committer.
>> >
>> > I think we need more discussions about the syntax:
>> >  ALTER TABLE table_name ADD PRIMARY KEY (...) WITH (INDEX='index_name')
>>
>> Why not:
>>
>> ALTER TABLE table_name ADD PRIMARY KEY (...) INDEX index_name;
>
> I would think that that determines that name of the index that the
> command creates.  It does not convey that an existing index is to be
> used.

Well, that'll become clear pretty quickly if you try to use it that
way, but I'm certainly open to other ideas.

Random thoughts:

ALTER TABLE table_name SET PRIMARY KEY INDEX index_name
ALTER INDEX index_name PRIMARY KEY

Other suggestions?

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Robert Haas
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