Re: [GENERAL] pg-dump -- primary Key

From: Chris Bitmead <chris(at)tech(dot)com(dot)au>
To: Dan Wilson <dan_wilson(at)geocities(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql general <pgsql-general(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] pg-dump -- primary Key
Date: 1999-07-25 05:13:39
Message-ID: 379A9D03.9D032840@tech.com.au
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Dan Wilson wrote:

> Yes, I am aware that the primary key does not really mean anything except
> implicitly making it a unique key, but it's supposed to be there for
> compatibility and it's not even in the dump.

Someone mentioned recently that primary key enforces nulls as unique
whereas unique index doesn't.

>
> It's not a huge deal, but I was wondering if there was reasoning behind it
> of which I am unaware.
>
> -Dan

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