Re: Shorthand for foreign key indices

On Mon, May 09, 2005 at 02:05:14AM +1000, Brendan Jurd wrote:
> CREATE TABLE foo (
> foo int NOT NULL REFERENCES bar INDEX
> );
>
> ... would be marvellous

I agree that it would be handy. Another possibility is throwing a NOTICE
or even WARNING if you create a foreign key that isn't covered by an
index.

> My apologies if this has been answered before, but a search of the
> -general mailing list was not fruitful.

FYI, often times new ideas are only discussed on -hackers, so you should
search there as well.
--
Jim C. Nasby, Database Consultant decibel(at)decibel(dot)org
Give your computer some brain candy! www.distributed.net Team #1828

Windows: "Where do you want to go today?"
Linux: "Where do you want to go tomorrow?"
FreeBSD: "Are you guys coming, or what?"