Ivan Voras <ivo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > On trying to drop an index named "employer_employerid_key" which supports a > unique constraint: > > "employer_employerid_key" UNIQUE CONSTRAINT, btree (employerid) > > I get this error: > > ERROR: cannot drop index employer_employerid_key because constraint > employer_employerid_key on table employer requires it > HINT: You can drop constraint employer_employerid_key on table employer > instead. > > I'm using the CASCADE and IF EXISTS arguments and the docs say nothing about > any special cases (https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/static/ > sql-dropindex.html). This is with PostgreSQL 9.3.15. > > The actual command is: > > drop index if exists employer_employerid_key cascade; > > Any ideas if this is normal or why it happens?
Drop the constraint: alter table employer drop constraint employer_employerid_key; Regards, Andreas Kretschmer -- Andreas Kretschmer http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
