From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | Fabien COELHO <coelho(at)cri(dot)ensmp(dot)fr> |
Cc: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, PostgreSQL Bugs List <pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: issue about information_schema REFERENTIAL_CONSTRAINTS |
Date: | 2010-09-03 14:58:25 |
Message-ID: | 22801.1283525905@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Fabien COELHO <coelho(at)cri(dot)ensmp(dot)fr> writes:
>> Note that (2) fails for long names; you have to do something to
>> compress to NAMEDATALEN.
> Indeed.
> What if the type is changed to TEXT? It is just a view after all.
> How important is it to stick to "sql_identifier"?
It's a view defined by the SQL standard, and one of the properties
defined by the standard is the type of that column.
> Well, one must choose between to evil:
Yeah, exactly. I think that the current tradeoff is just fine.
If you want SQL-standard behavior, pick SQL-standard constraint names,
and there you are.
regards, tom lane
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