Re: clone_schema function

From: Melvin Davidson <melvin6925(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Igor Neyman <ineyman(at)perceptron(dot)com>
Cc: "pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: clone_schema function
Date: 2015-09-10 15:52:10
Message-ID: CANu8FiwiBiAjYgdehYBkJcSRFd6ZFFnN5kDJE7TG4rad5BNXZQ@mail.gmail.com
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Yes, however, the documentation would be a lot clearer if it said "copies
all constraints except foreign keys". I've made this known.

At any rate, I've attached a new version of the function that now does copy
the foreign keys. Let me know if I missed anything else.

On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 9:09 AM, Igor Neyman <ineyman(at)perceptron(dot)com> wrote:

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> *From:* Melvin Davidson [mailto:melvin6925(at)gmail(dot)com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 09, 2015 4:48 PM
> *To:* Igor Neyman <ineyman(at)perceptron(dot)com>
> *Cc:* pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
> *Subject:* Re: [GENERAL] clone_schema function
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> Thanks Igor,
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> hmm, apparently the "INCLUDING CONSTRAINTS' option of "CREATE TABLE' has a
> glitch and only includes the primary key.
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> I also noticed that INCLUDING ALL generates an error, so I'll have to
> report that also.
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> I'll go eat some crow and work on a fix to add all constraints in the
> meantime.
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> It’s not a bug.
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> According to docs:
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> “Not-null constraints are always copied to the new table. CHECK
> constraints will only be copied if INCLUDING CONSTRAINTS is specified;
> other types of constraints will never be copied.”
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> So, FK constraints are not supposed to be copied.
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> Regards,
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> Igor Neyman
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*Melvin Davidson*
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