Re: Foreign keys for non-default datatypes

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, CG <cgg007(at)yahoo(dot)com>, Stephan Szabo <sszabo(at)megazone(dot)bigpanda(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Foreign keys for non-default datatypes
Date: 2006-02-24 04:00:48
Message-ID: 28738.1140753648@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au> writes:
> Incidentally, shouldn't the existing RI queries (eg. SELECT ... FOR
> SHARE) explicity specify operator(pg_catalog.=)?

Then they'd be guaranteed to fail for datatypes/operators created in
other schemas, rather than only at risk of failing. Don't see that
as an improvement really. I think we should fix it properly for 8.2
but not institute any half-measures beforehand.

regards, tom lane

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