Jonathan Vanasco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Yes, I know that part.  The error message is bad though, because it  
> doesn't tell me exactly where the error is.

> I got as an error
>       ERROR:  column "id" referenced in foreign key constraint does not exist

> I should have gotten something like
>       ERROR:  column "id" referenced in foreign key constraint on column  
> "xyz" table "abc" does not exist

That's not necessarily all that much help, if you've got so many FK
constraints in your command that you don't know exactly where to look.
I think what you're really wishing for is an error cursor position.
8.2 has the infrastructure for this, eg

regression=# create table foo (a int, b int, c int);
CREATE TABLE
regression=# select a, b, q from foo;
ERROR:  column "q" does not exist
LINE 1: select a, b, q from foo;
                     ^
regression=# 

but unfortunately the facility hasn't been extended to foreign key
constraint clauses in particular :-(.  Maybe next time.

                        regards, tom lane

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