Re: is there a way to DROP foreign key constraint ?

From: Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)tm(dot)ee>
To: Stephan Szabo <sszabo(at)megazone23(dot)bigpanda(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL HACKERS <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: is there a way to DROP foreign key constraint ?
Date: 2000-10-22 22:01:17
Message-ID: 39F363AD.370B9E62@tm.ee
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Stephan Szabo wrote:
>
> On Fri, 20 Oct 2000, Hannu Krosing wrote:
>
> > I'm unable to find the complementary function to
> >
> > ALTER TABLE t ADD FOREIGN KEY(id) REFERENCES pkt(pk);
>
> Currently, ALTER TABLE ... DROP table constraint definition
> doesn't exist.
>
> > I would try DROP TRIGGER, but I've also been unable to
> > find a way to name the constraint ;(
>
> Umm, put the constraint name in the table constraint definition?
> >From the SQL spec:
> <table constraint definition> ::=
> [ <constraint name definition> ]
> <table constraint> [ <constraint attributes> ]
> <constraint name definition> ::= CONSTRAINT <constraint name>

Thanks! I was missing the CONSTRAINT word in <constraint name
definition>

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Hannu

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