On Mon, May 09, 2005 at 02:05:14AM +1000, Brendan Jurd wrote:
> CREATE TABLE foo (
> foo int NOT NULL REFERENCES bar INDEX
> );
>
> ... would be marvellous
I agree that it would be handy. Another possibility is throwing a NOTICE
or even WARNING if you create a foreign key that isn't covered by an
index.
> My apologies if this has been answered before, but a search of the
> -general mailing list was not fruitful.
FYI, often times new ideas are only discussed on -hackers, so you should
search there as well.
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