On 5/26/23 08:38, Peter J. Holzer wrote:
> On 2023-05-25 08:10:42 -0500, Ron wrote:
>> (You can create the FKs ahead of time, but use the NOT VALID clause; then,
>> after data is loaded do ALTER TABLE ... VALIDATE CONSTRAINT.)
> I don't think this will work:
>
> | Normally, [ADD CONSTRAINT] will cause a scan of the table to verify
> | that all existing rows in the table satisfy the new constraint. But if
> | the NOT VALID option is used, this potentially-lengthy scan is
> | skipped. The constraint will still be enforced against subsequent
> | inserts or updates
> (https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-altertable.html)
I was probably thinking of tables with existing data.
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