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| author | Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com> | 2013-06-29 00:27:30 +0100 |
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| committer | Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com> | 2013-06-29 00:27:30 +0100 |
| commit | f177cbfe676dc2c7ca2b206c54d6bf819feeea8b (patch) | |
| tree | 00b7869b96efdafac8623134af2c35a31c3995f5 /doc/src | |
| parent | 2f74e4ec50dc625605e9a7afd63bd8a48c981d9e (diff) | |
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ALTER TABLE ... ALTER CONSTRAINT for FKs
Allow constraint attributes to be altered,
so the default setting of NOT DEFERRABLE
can be altered to DEFERRABLE and back.
Review by Abhijit Menon-Sen
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml | 11 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml index 7ee0aa8ca07..2609d4a8eaf 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml @@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ ALTER TABLE [ IF EXISTS ] <replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable> ALTER [ COLUMN ] <replaceable class="PARAMETER">column_name</replaceable> SET STORAGE { PLAIN | EXTERNAL | EXTENDED | MAIN } ADD <replaceable class="PARAMETER">table_constraint</replaceable> [ NOT VALID ] ADD <replaceable class="PARAMETER">table_constraint_using_index</replaceable> + ALTER CONSTRAINT <replaceable class="PARAMETER">constraint_name</replaceable> [ DEFERRABLE | NOT DEFERRABLE ] [ INITIALLY DEFERRED | INITIALLY IMMEDIATE ] VALIDATE CONSTRAINT <replaceable class="PARAMETER">constraint_name</replaceable> DROP CONSTRAINT [ IF EXISTS ] <replaceable class="PARAMETER">constraint_name</replaceable> [ RESTRICT | CASCADE ] DISABLE TRIGGER [ <replaceable class="PARAMETER">trigger_name</replaceable> | ALL | USER ] @@ -317,6 +318,16 @@ ALTER TABLE [ IF EXISTS ] <replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> + <term><literal>ALTER CONSTRAINT</literal></term> + <listitem> + <para> + This form alters the attributes of a constraint that was previously + created. Currently only foreign key constraints may be altered. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> <term><literal>VALIDATE CONSTRAINT</literal></term> <listitem> <para> |