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On 10/11/06 16:10, Richard Broersma Jr wrote:
>> I made a HUGE mistake, and used 'UK' as the abbreviation for the
>> united kingdom ( the ISO abbv is 'GB' )
>>
>> I've got a database where 8 tables have an FKEY on a table
>> 'location_country' , using the text 'uk' as the value -- so i've got
>> 9 tables that I need to swap data out on
>>
>> can anyone suggest a non-nightmarish way for me to do this ?
>
> If your tables are setup to "ON UPDATE CASCASE" then you are fine.
>
> Just updated the main table and PostgreSQL will take care of the rest.
I doesn't appear that ALTER TABLE can change constraint characteristics.
You'd have to drop/recreate, no?
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
Is "common sense" really valid?
For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that
whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins
are mud people.
However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong.
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