| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Stephan Szabo <sszabo(at)megazone(dot)bigpanda(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Foreign keys for non-default datatypes, redux |
| Date: | 2007-02-13 01:55:12 |
| Message-ID: | 18093.1171331712@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Stephan Szabo <sszabo(at)megazone(dot)bigpanda(dot)com> writes:
> I think #1, while ugly, is probably less ugly than the others, although I
> guess it means even more work if the underlying type of the column is
> changed.
Oy, I hadn't thought of that. [ considers... ] I *think* that it'll
work without special code, because ALTER COLUMN TYPE drops and recreates
the constraints, but definitely something to test. Thanks for the
reminder.
> Is there any reason to think that in the future we might need more such
> things for some constraints?
Um ... more such which, exactly? And do you have something in mind if
the answer is "yes"?
regards, tom lane
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