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From: Tom Lane <[email protected]>
To: Peter Eisentraut <[email protected]>
Cc: Simon Riggs <[email protected]>
Cc: David G. Johnston <[email protected]>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Dump/Restore of non-default PKs
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2022 10:14:23 -0400
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Peter Eisentraut <[email protected]> writes:
> On 21.04.22 13:43, Simon Riggs wrote:
>> Can you explain what you find unattractive about it?

> Well, if I want to create a table with a primary key, the established 
> way is to say "primary key", not to have to assemble it from multiple 
> pieces.

> I think this case is very similar to exclusion constraints, which also 
> have syntax to specify the index access method.

That analogy would be compelling if exclusion constraints were a
SQL-standard feature; but they aren't so their clause syntax is
fully under our control.  The scenario that worries me is that
somewhere down the pike, the SQL committee might extend the
syntax of PKEY/UNIQUE constraint clauses in a way that breaks
our nonstandard extensions of them.

However, independently of whether we offer a syntax option or not,
it may still simplify pg_dump to make it treat the constraint and
the index as independent objects in all cases.

			regards, tom lane

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