On Tuesday 29 November 2005 17:01, Leif B. Kristensen wrote: >Is there an easy and non-disruptive way to do this?
For the record, I just did the following: pgslekt=> create table rel_cits ( pgslekt(> relation_fk integer references relations (relation_id), pgslekt(> source_fk integer references sources (source_id), pgslekt(> PRIMARY KEY (relation_fk, source_fk) pgslekt(> ); NOTICE: CREATE TABLE / PRIMARY KEY will create implicit index "rel_cits_pkey" for table "rel_cits" CREATE TABLE pgslekt=> insert into rel_cits (select relation_fk, source_fk from relation_citations); INSERT 0 19837 pgslekt=> create table event_cits ( pgslekt(> event_fk integer references events (event_id), pgslekt(> source_fk integer references sources (source_id), pgslekt(> PRIMARY KEY (event_fk, source_fk) pgslekt(> ); NOTICE: CREATE TABLE / PRIMARY KEY will create implicit index "event_cits_pkey" for table "event_cits" CREATE TABLE pgslekt=> insert into event_cits (select event_fk, source_fk from event_citations); INSERT 0 29139 pgslekt=> drop table event_citations cascade; NOTICE: drop cascades to rule _RETURN on view event_notes NOTICE: drop cascades to view event_notes DROP TABLE pgslekt=> drop table relation_citations cascade; NOTICE: drop cascades to rule _RETURN on view relation_notes NOTICE: drop cascades to view relation_notes DROP TABLE pgslekt=> drop table citations; DROP TABLE pgslekt=> alter table rel_cits rename to relation_citations; ALTER TABLE pgslekt=> alter table event_cits rename to event_citations; ALTER TABLE pgslekt=> \i views_and_functions.sql Seems simple enough :-) -- Leif Biberg Kristensen | Registered Linux User #338009 http://solumslekt.org/ | Cruising with Gentoo/KDE ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster