Re: Create Primary Key? - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From darcy@druid.net (D'Arcy J.M. Cain)
Subject Re: Create Primary Key?
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In response to Re: Create Primary Key?  (Stephan Szabo <sszabo@megazone23.bigpanda.com>)
Responses Re: Create Primary Key?  (Stephan Szabo <sszabo@megazone23.bigpanda.com>)
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Thus spake Stephan Szabo
> We don't currently support the SQL syntax for adding
> a PK to a table.  However, if you have the columns
> as NOT NULL already, adding a unique index to the
> columns in question has the same general effect.

Except for interfaces such as PyGreSQL that recognize the primary key
and use it.

> > Is there syntax to create a primary key after the
> > table has been defined and populated?  I think I could
> > speed things up quite a bit by not having any indexes
> > at all when I do my mass copies.

Why not just use the copy function?  That's what it's for.

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