Re: is there a way to DROP foreign key constraint ? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Stephan Szabo
Subject Re: is there a way to DROP foreign key constraint ?
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Msg-id Pine.BSF.4.10.10010201053470.96790-100000@megazone23.bigpanda.com
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In response to is there a way to DROP foreign key constraint ?  (Hannu Krosing <hannu@tm.ee>)
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On Fri, 20 Oct 2000, Hannu Krosing wrote:

> I'm unable to find the complementary function to 
> 
> ALTER TABLE t ADD FOREIGN KEY(id) REFERENCES pkt(pk);

Currently, ALTER TABLE ... DROP table constraint definition 
doesn't exist.

> I would try DROP TRIGGER, but I've also been unable to 
> find a way to name the constraint ;(

Umm, put the constraint name in the table constraint definition?
From the SQL spec:<table constraint definition> ::= [ <constraint name definition> ] <table constraint> [ <constraint
attributes>]<constraint name definition> ::= CONSTRAINT <constraint name>
 

Currently, you need to drop the three triggers from pg_trigger
that are associated with the constraint.  Easiest way to find
them if you don't have a constraint name is to look at the tg_args.



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