From: | Vivek Khera <khera(at)kcilink(dot)com> |
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To: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Modifying check constraints |
Date: | 2001-11-15 16:04:09 |
Message-ID: | 15347.59257.484994.256311@yertle.kciLink.com |
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>>>>> "SS" == Stephan Szabo <sszabo(at)megazone23(dot)bigpanda(dot)com> writes:
SS> If you can have downtime, you might just want to look at making the
SS> new table and using insert into to copy the data and rename the tables
SS> around. This is kinda unhappy with foreign keys and more complicated
SS> constructs, but in general is less likely to cause you grief.
Unfortunately, I have plenty of foreign keys and *TONS* of data in
that table, and downtime is undesirable, but possible.
I'm gonna try the constraint surgery, as it seems to work.
Thanks.
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