Re: Viewing Foreign key constraints in psql

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Ludwig Lim <lud_nowhere_man(at)yahoo(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Mailing List <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Viewing Foreign key constraints in psql
Date: 2002-11-22 15:18:06
Message-ID: 23980.1037978286@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Ludwig Lim <lud_nowhere_man(at)yahoo(dot)com> writes:
> How do I view the foreign key constraints (name and
> definition) in psql? I can only see the triggers
> created by the constraint when I use the "\d <table>"
> command in psql.

In PG versions < 7.3, you don't: the system doesn't retain any concept
of the foreign key constraint as such, only the triggers that implement
it. In 7.3 there is a pg_constraint table with an actual entry for each
foreign key constraint.

regards, tom lane

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