Re: Quick question

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>
Cc: Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Quick question
Date: 2003-10-03 13:59:34
Message-ID: 18401.1065189574@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au> writes:
> If someone could help me with this, it would be cool. How do I query
> the catalogs to find the underlying index for a constraint? (Assuming
> the constraint is primary or unique)

A first approximation is that the constraint and the index have the same
name, but I suppose someone could break that association by renaming the
index. Look in pg_depend for an internal dependency entry from the
index to the constraint if you want to be sure.

regards, tom lane

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