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

3/20/2001 6:18:23 AM, Stephan Szabo <sszabo(at)megazone23(dot)bigpanda(dot)com> 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.

It might be even easier to just delete according to the oid.

select oid, * from pg_trigger;
delete from pg_trigger where oid = 49469 /* Numbers are easier */;

Brent

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