2010/1/15 Seb <splu...@gmail.com>: > Hi, > > Is it possible to rename a primary key? I learnt that to rename foreign > keys one has to drop it and recreate with the new name, or add a new new > and drop the old one. What is the approach for primary keys? Thanks.
Is this what you mean? psql (8.4.2) You are now connected to database "test". test=# CREATE TABLE foo (id serial primary key); NOTICE: CREATE TABLE will create implicit sequence "foo_id_seq" for serial column "foo.id" NOTICE: CREATE TABLE / PRIMARY KEY will create implicit index "foo_pkey" for table "foo" CREATE TABLE test=# \d foo Table "public.foo" Column | Type | Modifiers --------+---------+-------------------------------------------------- id | integer | not null default nextval('foo_id_seq'::regclass) Indexes: "foo_pkey" PRIMARY KEY, btree (id) test=# ALTER INDEX foo_pkey RENAME to bar_fkey; ALTER INDEX test=# \d foo Table "public.foo" Column | Type | Modifiers --------+---------+-------------------------------------------------- id | integer | not null default nextval('foo_id_seq'::regclass) Indexes: "bar_fkey" PRIMARY KEY, btree (id) test=# Ian Barwick -- Sent via pgsql-sql mailing list (pgsql-sql@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-sql