Jeff Janes <jeff.ja...@gmail.com> writes:
> Will PG allow you to add a FK constraint where there is no usable
> index on the referenced side?

It will not, because the referenced side must have a unique constraint,
ie an index.

The standard performance gotcha here is not having an index on the
referencing side.  But that only hurts when doing UPDATEs/DELETEs of
referenced-side keys, which as far as I gathered was not the OP's
scenario.

                        regards, tom lane


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