Re: dropping foreign keys - Mailing list pgsql-general

From jks@selectacast.net
Subject Re: dropping foreign keys
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Msg-id Pine.LNX.4.10.10112131423550.7877-100000@p1.selectacast.net
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In response to Re: dropping foreign keys  (Stephan Szabo <sszabo@megazone23.bigpanda.com>)
List pgsql-general
I tried that, but it didn't work.  I need to drop trigger <name> on
<table>.  I got the name from the pg_triggers table, but apparently they
are not associated with any table.

On Wed, 12 Dec 2001, Stephan Szabo wrote:

>
> On Wed, 12 Dec 2001, Joseph Shraibman wrote:
>
> > OK I asked this a while ago but I'll try again.  Is there any way to get rid of a foreign
> > key?  Deleting the entry from pg_trigger causes the database to throw errors right and left.
> >
> > I'm using 7.1.3
>
> You should use drop trigger (For all 3 triggers - remember to quote the
> name too, because it's mixed case) rather than deleting directly from
> pg_trigger.
>
> If you're already in the state where pg_class has the wrong number of
> triggers, you should probably be able to correct this using a varient
> of the reenable triggers code pg_dump gives for data only dumps.
>


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