| From: | Christophe Pettus <xof(at)thebuild(dot)com> |
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| To: | Thiemo Kellner <thiemo(at)gelassene-pferde(dot)biz> |
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| Subject: | Re: Purely declarative FKs |
| Date: | 2023-10-16 08:43:30 |
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> On Oct 16, 2023, at 00:51, Thiemo Kellner <thiemo(at)gelassene-pferde(dot)biz> wrote:
> Question: Are there plans to provide a feature in PostgreSQL that one can have foreign keys for purely documentation purpose - I know, one could use a modelling tool and just not implement the FKs, but my reality is, there is hardly ever a modelling tool involved.
The answer to the specific question is, no, I don't believe that there any plans to implement purely documentary foreign keys.
If you need this information, and need it stored with the schema (as opposed to external documentation), database comments are the most reasonable place to put it.
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