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Re: Create Primary Key?

D'Arcy J.M. Cain <darcy@druid.net>

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From: darcy@druid.net (D'Arcy J.M. Cain)
To: Stephan Szabo <sszabo@megazone23.bigpanda.com>
Cc: Webb Sprague <wsprague100@yahoo.com>, pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Date: 2000-08-30T11:42:48Z
Lists: pgsql-sql 
Thus spake Stephan Szabo
> We don't currently support the SQL syntax for adding
> a PK to a table.  However, if you have the columns
> as NOT NULL already, adding a unique index to the
> columns in question has the same general effect.

Except for interfaces such as PyGreSQL that recognize the primary key
and use it.

> > Is there syntax to create a primary key after the
> > table has been defined and populated?  I think I could
> > speed things up quite a bit by not having any indexes
> > at all when I do my mass copies.

Why not just use the copy function?  That's what it's for.

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