Within that I have a table with referential integrity constraints which no longer work.
I do not know how to disable referential integrity on a column in a table.
I do not know how to view what Postgres thinks my referential integrity constraints are on this table.
I do ...-c"\d table_with_referential_integrity" and here's what I get:
[~]$ mpt -c"\d pat_emp_ins" Table "pat_emp_ins" Attribute | Type | Modifier ---------------------------+-----------+---------- pat_id | text | not null ins_co_id | text | not null employer_id | text | not null insurance_group | text | note | text | print_note_primary | boolean | print_note_secondary | boolean | Indices: pat_emp_ins_employer_id_key, pat_emp_ins_ins_co_id_key, pat_emp_ins_pat_id_key
[~ create_tables_for_database]$
And here is the SQL I used to generate this table:
--
create table pat_emp_ins (pat_id text not null
references patient,
ins_co_id text not null
references insurance_company,
employer_id text not null
references employer,
insurance_group text,
note text,
print_note_primary boolean,
print_note_secondary boolean,
unique(pat_id,ins_co_id,employer_id));
--
Problem is, my users using my application are able to insert rows into "pat_emp_ins" table which have values for "employer_id" and/or "ins_co_id" which do not exist in the referenced tables. This seems to have happened recently but I do not know how recently. This application has been running production since 2003-11-07.
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