Re: FK type mismatches?

Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Neil Conway writes:
>
> > Should this produce a warning?
> >
> > nconway=# create table a (b int4 unique);
> > NOTICE: CREATE TABLE / UNIQUE will create implicit index "a_b_key" for
> > table "a"
> > CREATE TABLE
> > nconway=# create table c (d int8 references a (b));
> > NOTICE: CREATE TABLE will create implicit trigger(s) for FOREIGN KEY
> > check(s)
> > CREATE TABLE
>
> I don't think so. We don't produce warnings in other cases of potential
> index mismatches either.

The issue is that it isn't likely someone would be doing a foreign key
mismatch, while a mismatch in a query would be more likely. We could
make it a HINT and then people could configure their servers to suppress
the hint if they wish.

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