Re: naming a primary key possible?

On Aug 27, 2007, at 8:50 PM, Ow Mun Heng wrote:

> Is it possible to name a primary key (composite) primary key rather  
> than
> have pg default to table_name_pkey??
>
> I tried something like
>
> primary key pkey_table_short_form_name (a,b,c)
>
> but it didnt' work.
>

Give this a shot:

CONTRAINT pkey_table_short_form_name PRIMARY KEY (a,b,c)

That's not really clear from the top of the CREATE TABLE docs but  
there's an example at the bottom that shows it.

Erik Jones

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