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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Fabien COELHO <coelho@cri.ensmp.fr>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
Cc: PostgreSQL Bugs List <pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: issue about information_schema REFERENTIAL_CONSTRAINTS
Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:58:25 -0400
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Fabien COELHO <coelho@cri.ensmp.fr> writes:
>> Note that (2) fails for long names; you have to do something to
>> compress to NAMEDATALEN.

> Indeed.

> What if the type is changed to TEXT? It is just a view after all.
> How important is it to stick to "sql_identifier"?

It's a view defined by the SQL standard, and one of the properties
defined by the standard is the type of that column.

> Well, one must choose between to evil:

Yeah, exactly.  I think that the current tradeoff is just fine.
If you want SQL-standard behavior, pick SQL-standard constraint names,
and there you are.

			regards, tom lane



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