Re: RE: finding and removing a constraint...

From: Stephan Szabo <sszabo(at)megazone23(dot)bigpanda(dot)com>
To: Frank Joerdens <frank(at)joerdens(dot)de>
Cc: chris markiewicz <cmarkiew(at)commnav(dot)com>, "'PostgreSQL-general'" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: RE: finding and removing a constraint...
Date: 2001-03-20 22:18:23
Message-ID: Pine.BSF.4.21.0103201415400.30805-100000@megazone23.bigpanda.com
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> The problem is that the syntax
>
> create table SomeTable (
> SomeColumn int4 references OtherTable ( SomeColumn ),
> . . .
>
> creates an <unnamed> trigger which you can't drop with drop trigger
> because it doesn't have a name. What you suggest does work for me, i.e.
> deleting from pg_trigger and then adjusting the trigger count in
> pg_class but it is quite cumbersome.

You should be able to, you just have to use the *real* trigger name (first
column in pg_trigger, will look like RI_ConstraintTrigger_<oid> or
something like that) and make sure to "" it because it's a quoted mixed
case name.

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