if the constraint are named $1 $2 etc you will need to quote them eg
ALTER TABLE xyz DROP CONSTRAINT "$1" ;
in some version you may require
ALTER TABLE xyz DROP CONSTRAINT "$1" RESTRICT;
What is ur version btw?
try to post the table structure also.
regds mallah.
Elielson Fontanezi wrote:
Hi all!
Who can tell me what postgres version supports ALTER TABLE... DROP CONSTRAINT without
the need of droping the table to remove a simple coinstraint. (link)
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