Re: [SQL] An easy question about creating a primary key

Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au>

From: "Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au>
To: "Tom Lane" <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: "Ligia Pimentel" <lmpimentel@yahoo.com>, "Hackers" <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2001-12-04T02:23:19Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers, pgsql-sql
> I think you've forgotten your own work, Chris.
>
> regression=# create table foo (bar int not null);
> CREATE
> regression=# alter table foo add primary key (bar);
> NOTICE:  ALTER TABLE / ADD PRIMARY KEY will create implicit index
> 'foo_pkey' for table 'foo'
> CREATE
> regression=#

Bizarre.  That patch was never committed.  If you check
src/backend/commands/command.c and search for 'CONSTR_' you'll notice that
the CONSTR_UNIQUE function I implemented is there, but CONSTR_PRIMARY is
definitely not being handled.  (I'm looking at the 7.2b2 source code)

Chris