Re: View and primary key

From: Scott Lamb <slamb(at)slamb(dot)org>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: View and primary key
Date: 2002-11-22 15:39:16
Message-ID: 3DDE4FA4.2050300@slamb.org
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Adrian Klaver wrote:
> I have set up a view with rules for insert,update and delete. I would like to
> be able to use this view from OpenOffice, however it will not allow editing
> of a table without a primary key. I cannot create a primary key because
> Postgresql says the column does not have a NOT NULL constraint. This column
> in the underlying table is NOT NULL. Is there a way to create a primary key
> on a view?

Nope, you can't have constraints on views. Typically what I've done with
similar things is to (1) make sure the column is a primary key in the
underlying table and (2) manually tell the tool the column in the view
is a primary key. I'd assume OpenOffice has some way to do that.

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