thats just what i needed to know. many many thanks!
j. -----Original Message----- From: Rod Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 24 October 2003 19:01 To: Julian North Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: naming conventions constraint rbt=# create table bob_is(your_uncle integer, constraint "bob_is#your_uncle" check(true)); CREATE TABLE rbt=# \d bob_is Table "public.bob_is" Column | Type | Modifiers ------------+---------+----------- your_uncle | integer | Check constraints: "bob_is#your_uncle" CHECK true You need to quote strings which contain special characters. On Thu, 2003-10-23 at 16:30, Julian North wrote: > I'm at the very beginning of working with postgres. > > The aim is to replace / build a number of very large and very complex > database currently residing in Oracle, MSSQL and Informix. > > In order to coordinate across a medium size DBA team I instituted a standard > constraint naming convention suitable for the above 3 platforms. > > For example a foreign key would be FK_table#reftable#column. > > Unfortunately I don't appear to be able to use it with postgres. > > This is because I can't use the # character in constraint names. > > Does anybody have any suggestions as to an alternative that is also a single > char? (I'm limited to 30 chars cos of oracle and manyof the current names at > the limit). > > Any help appreciated, > > > > Julian. > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command > (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]) > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
