Batch Table Creation - Foreign Key Problem

From: Daniel Whelan <merlin(at)ophelan(dot)com>
To: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Batch Table Creation - Foreign Key Problem
Date: 2002-12-16 21:24:13
Message-ID: 3DFE447D.4080906@ophelan.com
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I'm trying to create a set of tables, some of which have a foreign key
pointing to other tables in the same set. The problem arises when it
tries to add a table before the table it depends on has been created. Is
there any way to defer the checking of foreign key dependancies until
after the whole transaction block?

Alternately, would I be better off creating the tables with no foreign
keys, and issuing alter statements at the end to add the keys? Thanks!

Daniel

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