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From: Julian North <julian@mulberryst.co.uk>
To: 'Rod Taylor' <rbt@rbt.ca>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: naming conventions constraint
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 10:41:02 +0100
Message-ID: <001801c39adc$1b0411c0$0401a8c0@ANYAKA> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1067018483.81651.58.camel@jester>

thats just what i needed to know.

many many thanks!


j.

-----Original Message-----
From: Rod Taylor [mailto:rbt@rbt.ca]
Sent: 24 October 2003 19:01
To: Julian North
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: naming conventions constraint


rbt=# create table bob_is(your_uncle integer, constraint
"bob_is#your_uncle" check(true));
CREATE TABLE
rbt=# \d bob_is
      Table "public.bob_is"
   Column   |  Type   | Modifiers
------------+---------+-----------
 your_uncle | integer |
Check constraints:
    "bob_is#your_uncle" CHECK true


You need to quote strings which contain special characters.

On Thu, 2003-10-23 at 16:30, Julian North wrote:
> I'm at the very beginning of working with postgres.
>
> The aim is to replace / build a number of very large and very complex
> database currently residing in Oracle, MSSQL and Informix.
>
> In order to coordinate across a medium size DBA team I instituted a
standard
> constraint naming convention suitable for the above 3 platforms.
>
> For example a foreign key would be FK_table#reftable#column.
>
> Unfortunately I don't appear to be able to use it with postgres.
>
> This is because I can't use the # character in constraint names.
>
> Does anybody have any suggestions as to an alternative that is also a
single
> char? (I'm limited to 30 chars cos of oracle and manyof the current names
at
> the limit).
>
> Any help appreciated,
>
>
>
> Julian.
>
>
>
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