Re: Check constraints on non-immutable keys

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Check constraints on non-immutable keys
Date: 2010-06-30 18:13:42
Message-ID: 13982.1277921622@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> writes:
> On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 19:16, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> I concur with the thought that the most useful solution might be a way
>> to tell pg_restore to remove or disable check constraints.

> Uh, say what? Are you saying pg_restore should actually remove
> something from the database schema? And thus no longer be valid for
> taking database backups?

pg_restore, not pg_dump. It's no more unreasonable an idea than the
current pg_restore options for selective restores, AFAICS. You can
already cause pg_restore to not restore PK and FK constraints, for
example, so why not check constraints?

regards, tom lane

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