Re: [HACKERS] Adding PRIMARY KEY info

From: darcy(at)druid(dot)net (D'Arcy J(dot)M(dot) Cain)
To: maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us (Bruce Momjian)
Cc: hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Adding PRIMARY KEY info
Date: 1998-09-03 14:46:55
Message-ID: m0zEaf1-00006FC@druid.net
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Thus spake Bruce Momjian
> > I tried adding the PRIMARY KEY info to pg_class but the resulting data
> > base system simply dumps core everywhere. Can someone point me to the
>
> My recommendation is to find a seldom-used field in pg_class, like
> relchecks, and find all instances of that in the code, and add code for
> your new field in all those places. You need to assign the value in
> call cases where you are inserting into pg_class, not just the initdb
> stuff.

Does this relate to the core dumping? Since there is so far no code
using this field, how would adding a field dump core? Can you see
anything in my description of what I did to account for this.

Your suggestion sounds good for the next step though. Thanks.

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