Re: constraint modification on todo list

From: Rod Taylor <rbt(at)rbt(dot)ca>
To: Jeroen Ruigrok/asmodai <asmodai(at)wxs(dot)nl>
Cc: PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: constraint modification on todo list
Date: 2003-09-08 18:45:00
Message-ID: 1063046699.64074.106.camel@jester
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On Mon, 2003-09-08 at 14:32, Jeroen Ruigrok/asmodai wrote:
> Hi people,
>
> can someone add:
>
> Add an ALTER TABLE MODIFY CONSTRAINT
>
> item to the todo list? I am even willing to pick this one up in a
> while, after I finish some other outstanding tasks.

This could be rather time consuming to actually write but having the
ability to change foreign key on update / on delete modes without
rechecking all of the data would be very useful.

I think this is a more consistent syntax:
ALTER TABLE .. ADD OR REPLACE <table constraint>

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