Re: [HACKERS] Serial Data Type

From: darcy(at)druid(dot)net (D'Arcy J(dot)M(dot) Cain)
To: daybee(at)bellatlantic(dot)net (David Hartwig)
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org (pgsql-hackers)
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Serial Data Type
Date: 1998-09-14 00:49:07
Message-ID: m0zIMpH-00006FC@druid.net
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Thus spake David Hartwig
> > As for finding the primary, with the new changes we should be able
> > to do something like this.
> >
> > SELECT pg_class.relname, pg_attribute.attname
> > FROM pg_class, pg_attribute, pg_index
> > WHERE pg_class.oid = pg_attribute.attrelid AND
> > pg_class.oid = pg_index.indrelid AND
> > pg_index.indkey[0] = pg_attribute.attnum AND
> > pg_index.indisprimary = 't';
> >
>
> Is pg_index.indisprimary available now to determine primary'ness. If not,
> when?

It is now in the current tree but it isn't used yet. I just manually
set it for the tables I need and then use it. Eventually I will be
able to leave out the manual step and all my code will work. Right
now it is always set to 'f' at create time.

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