Re: [PATCHES] schema-qualified SET CONSTRAINTS

From: "Zeugswetter Andreas DCP SD" <ZeugswetterA(at)spardat(dot)at>
To: "Kris Jurka" <books(at)ejurka(dot)com>, "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [PATCHES] schema-qualified SET CONSTRAINTS
Date: 2006-04-12 08:57:38
Message-ID: E1539E0ED7043848906A8FF995BDA579F31081@m0143.s-mxs.net
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> >> The attached patch allows SET CONSTRAINTS to take a schema
qualified
> >> constraint name (myschema.t1_fk_t2) and when given a bare
constraint name
> >> it uses the search_path to determine the matching constraint
instead of
> >> the previous behavior of disabling all identically named
constraints.
> >
> > This patch seems egregiously non backwards compatible :-(.
>
> Yes, it does change the existing behavior, but "egregiously"? How many

> applications intentionally defer constraints in multiple schemas at
once?

intentionally defer "specifically named" constraints in multiple schemas
(The default application would imho eighter defer all, or a specific
constraint)

> Not many. I would guess the more likely situation is that these
> applications don't even realize that they are deferring more than one
> constraint when it happens.

I agree. I think the new behavior is more intuitive, and would even
argue
the old behavior gets it wrong.

Andreas

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