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Re: Add primary keys to system catalogs

Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com>

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From: Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, Craig Ringer <craig.ringer@enterprisedb.com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2021-01-21T07:39:03Z
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On 2021-01-18 00:35, Robert Haas wrote:
> I don't have any complaint about labelling some of the unique indexes
> as primary keys, but I think installing foreign keys that don't really
> enforce anything may lead to confusion.

FWIW, "not enforced" constraints (such as foreign keys) is a feature 
that is in the SQL standard and in other SQL implementations.

-- 
Peter Eisentraut
2ndQuadrant, an EDB company
https://www.2ndquadrant.com/

Commits

  1. Add primary keys and unique constraints to system catalogs