information_schema.referential_constraints contains NULLs

Started by Chris Gamacheover 14 years ago2 messagesgeneral
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#1Chris Gamache
cgg007@yahoo.com

PostgreSQL 9.1.0

For some of the referential constraints listed in my information_schema.referential_constraints table the values for the fields unique_constraint_catalog, unique_constraint_schema, and unique_constraint_name are NULL. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to which ones have values and which ones don't. They should all have values, right? Any ideas what could be going on?

#2Tom Lane
tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us
In reply to: Chris Gamache (#1)
Re: information_schema.referential_constraints contains NULLs

CG <cgg007@yahoo.com> writes:

For some of the referential constraints listed in my information_schema.referential_constraints table the values for the fields unique_constraint_catalog, unique_constraint_schema, and unique_constraint_name are NULL. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to which ones have values and which ones don't. They should all have values, right? Any ideas what could be going on?

PG will allow a foreign key constraint to be constructed when there is a
unique index for the referenced column(s). The unique index could have
been constructed via a UNIQUE or PRIMARY KEY constraint, or via a plain
old CREATE UNIQUE INDEX command. In the latter case there is no
constraint for the information_schema to show.

regards, tom lane