Re: RE: finding and removing a constraint...

From: Frank Joerdens <frank(at)joerdens(dot)de>
To: Stephan Szabo <sszabo(at)megazone23(dot)bigpanda(dot)com>
Cc: Frank Joerdens <frank(at)joerdens(dot)de>, chris markiewicz <cmarkiew(at)commnav(dot)com>, "'PostgreSQL-general'" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: RE: finding and removing a constraint...
Date: 2001-03-20 23:03:49
Message-ID: 20010321000349.A22401@rakete.joerdens.de
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On Tue, Mar 20, 2001 at 02:18:23PM -0800, Stephan Szabo wrote:
>
> > The problem is that the syntax
> >
> > create table SomeTable (
> > SomeColumn int4 references OtherTable ( SomeColumn ),
> > . . .
> >
> > creates an <unnamed> trigger which you can't drop with drop trigger
> > because it doesn't have a name. What you suggest does work for me,
i.e.
> > deleting from pg_trigger and then adjusting the trigger count in
> > pg_class but it is quite cumbersome.
>
> You should be able to, you just have to use the *real* trigger name
(first
> column in pg_trigger, will look like RI_ConstraintTrigger_<oid> or
> something like that) and make sure to "" it because it's a quoted
mixed
> case name.

Oh. That must've been the problem; I didn't know you had to quote it,
because
I did try using that name.

Cheers, Frank

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