Re: BUG #18295: In PostgreSQL a unique index on targeted columns is sufficient to support a foreign key

From: Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>
To: David Rowley <dgrowleyml(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: gparc(at)free(dot)fr, pgsql-bugs <pgsql-bugs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: BUG #18295: In PostgreSQL a unique index on targeted columns is sufficient to support a foreign key
Date: 2024-01-26 13:53:41
Message-ID: 578afb7d3a88969b4d77f49280cd30247ee4b687.camel@cybertec.at
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On Sat, 2024-01-27 at 02:19 +1300, David Rowley wrote:
> On Sat, 27 Jan 2024 at 01:14, Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at> wrote:
>
> I'd only adjust the following addition to be a new paragraph:

Check.

> and drop the "also" at the same time.

Done.

> I also noticed that, generally, we're not that consistent if we spell
> it "foreign-key" or "foreign key". You're introducing "foreign key"
> in a location where there are a couple of "foreign-key"s. Maybe it's
> better to be consistent in at least that location?

Yes, you are right. I noticed that everywhere else on the page the
form "foreign key" is used, so that's what I did in the attached patch.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe

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