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

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