On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 01:49:44PM -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote: > Tom Lane wrote: > > Karsten Hilbert <Karsten.Hilbert@xxxxxxx> writes: > > > This is what my 8.3 manual says: > > > > > conkey │ int2[] │ pg_attribute.attnum │ If a table constraint, list of columns which the constraint constrains │ > > > > > From that I wouldn't have figured it'd apply to foreign keys > > > as well. So I assume it is fair to say that "foreign keys > > > are one type of table constraint", right ? > > > > Right. I think what the comment is actually trying to point out is that > > conkey isn't relevant to domain constraints, which also appear in > > pg_constraint. > > Can someone come up with better documention wording for conkey? I > can't: > > http://developer.postgresql.org/pgdocs/postgres/catalog-pg-constraint.html How about adding a second line: "Note: since foreign keys are table constraints, applies to those, too." or "If a foreign key, list of columns referencing the target table" (note, "referencing" as opposed to "referenced by" as in confkey) Karsten -- GPG key ID E4071346 @ wwwkeys.pgp.net E167 67FD A291 2BEA 73BD 4537 78B9 A9F9 E407 1346 -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
