| From: | "Dan Langille" <dan(at)langille(dot)org> | 
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| To: | "Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au> | 
| Cc: | "PostgreSQL-development" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> | 
| Subject: | Re: 7.4 - TODO : alter table drop foreign key | 
| Date: | 2002-12-05 19:58:38 | 
| Message-ID: | 3DEF699E.16928.7341866@localhost | 
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On 5 Dec 2002 at 11:52, Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote:
> > > > Thanks.  I guess I should rename my thread to 7.4 - TODO : allow
> > > > constraint names when using the "ALTER TABLE <table> ADD FOREIGN KEY"
> > > > syntax.
> > >
> > > You can do that now.
> > >
> > > ALTER TABLE <table> ADD CONSTRAINT <const> FOREIGN KEY ....
> >
> > That I know.  That syntax is radically different from that proposed.
I take back the adjective "radical"
> Isn't it identical?  The CONSTRAINT <const> is SQL standard optional clause
> for all commands that add constraints.
Except that one is ADD CONSTRAINT, the other is an ADD FOREIGN KEY. 
They are similar in nature but different overall.
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Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/
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