2009/10/4 Thom Brown <thombr...@gmail.com>:
> I've noticed (at least in pgAdmin III v1.8.4) that I can't create a foreign 
> key constraint pointing to the table I'm in the process of creating.  I can 
> do it manually though.  Here's an example:
> CREATE TABLE testtable
> (
>   id serial NOT NULL,
>   parent_id integer,
>   CONSTRAINT pk_testtable_id PRIMARY KEY (id),
>   CONSTRAINT fk_testtable_parent_id FOREIGN KEY (parent_id)
>       REFERENCES testtable (id) MATCH SIMPLE
>       ON UPDATE NO ACTION ON DELETE NO ACTION
> )
> I could achieve this if I create the table then apply the foreign key, but it 
> would be nice to be able to do this one step.  Is it possible to add this for 
> a future release?

The code to implement it in the current dialogues would be quite messy
I expect. There is a TODO item which has had a little work put into it
already to replace the main table dialogue and the sub dialogues with
one 'uber' window - that project should make it easier to implement
something like this in the future.

-- 
Dave Page
EnterpriseDB UK:   http://www.enterprisedb.com

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