> This part should fall out of Rod Taylor's pg_depend stuff pretty easily. > We still need to debate about the behavior, though. If for example there > is a unique index on column B, do you need "DROP B CASCADE" to get rid > of it, or is "DROP B RESTRICT" good enough? Does your answer change if > the unique index is on two columns (A,B)? I'm not real sure where the > boundary is between attributes of the column (okay to drop as part of > the column) and independent objects that ought to be treated as > requiring CASCADE.
>From SQL92: "If RESTRICT is specified, then C shall not be referenced in the <query expression> of any view descriptor or in the <search condition> of any constraint descriptor other than a table con- straint descriptor that contains references to no other column and that is included in the table descriptor of T." So I guess that means that if the unique index is only on the dropped column, then restrict mode will still be able to drop it... Chris ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])