From: David Hartwig <daybee@bellatlantic.net>
To: Thomas G. Lockhart <lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu>
Cc: 'pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org' <pgsql-interfaces@postgreSQL.org>
Subject: Re: [INTERFACES] ODBC CREATE TABLE failures
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1999 11:56:41 -0500
Message-ID: <000c01be35a7$b5c74aa0$0c7ec497@daveh> (raw)
----- Original Message -----
From: Thomas G. Lockhart <lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu>
To: David Hartwig <daybee@bellatlantic.net>
Cc: Michael J. Sheldon <msheldon@cbrcomm.com>;
'pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org' <pgsql-interfaces@postgreSQL.org>
Sent: Friday, January 01, 1999 9:36 AM
Subject: Re: [INTERFACES] ODBC CREATE TABLE failures
>> The PostgreSQL backend does
>> not currently support the foreign keys syntax nor the UNIQUE keyword.
>> However, they can be implemented using other methods.
>> For unique, create a unique index on the necessary fields.
>
>NOTICE: CREATE TABLE/UNIQUE will create implicit index
> check_directory for table fmgroups
>
>The UNIQUE keyword is supported, unless there is some other feature or
>behavior that you are expecting?
>
>And, to split hairs, Postgres does support the foreign key *syntax*, but
>throws it away and does nothing with it in the backend. So, I'd say it
>supports foreign key syntax but does not support foreign keys ;)
That's what I get for answering e-mail at half past 1999.
Happy New Year
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