Re: set constraints behavior - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Neil Conway
Subject Re: set constraints behavior
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Msg-id 20020503141201.75e2163c.nconway@klamath.dyndns.org
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In response to Re: set constraints behavior  (Stephan Szabo <sszabo@megazone23.bigpanda.com>)
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On Fri, 3 May 2002 10:39:28 -0700 (PDT)
"Stephan Szabo" <sszabo@megazone23.bigpanda.com> wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 3 May 2002, Neil Conway wrote:
> > My reading of this: if you specify ALL, only the constraints marked
> > as DEFERRABLE are affected. If you specify a specific constraint,
> > it is deferred, whether the constraint is marked as DEFERRABLE or
> > not.
> >
> > Current Postgres behavior is incompatible with this interpretation:
> 
> I think you missed Syntax Rule 2:
> "The constraint specified by <constraint name> shall be DEFERRABLE"

Ah, okay. Yeah, I missed that part. Stupid standards, they're
practically unreadable :-)

(My other question, regarding transaction and SET CONSTRAINTS,
is still valid)

Cheers,

Neil

-- 
Neil Conway <neilconway@rogers.com>
PGP Key ID: DB3C29FC


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