Re: set constraints docs page - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: set constraints docs page
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Msg-id Pine.LNX.4.56.0308190949220.4847@krusty.localdomain
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In response to Re: set constraints docs page  ("Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au>)
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Christopher Kings-Lynne writes:

> > > It's a constraint name.  IIRC, it happens to affect all such named
> > > constraints currently. We should probably allow <tablename>.<constraint>
> > > (and <schema>.<tablename>.<constraint>) as well. Too late for 7.4, but
> > > this can happen for 7.5 if there aren't any objections.
> >
> > I object.
>
> Thanks for the helpful objection.  To what do you object specifically and
> why?

I object to creating gratuitous incompatibilities with the SQL standard,
which will obstruct legitimate features down the road.  The SQL standard
says it is <schema>.<constraint>.

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Peter Eisentraut   peter_e@gmx.net


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