Re: Constraint Bug

Trevor McGing wrote:

> Hi,
>  
> Platform Windows XP
>  
> Distribution you used (Binary pgAdmin 3 )
>  
> I have been using pgAdmin 2 under dbexperts postgresql 7.2 for 
> windows.  Where I created a database.
>  
> I have just upgraded to dbexperts Postgresql 7.3.4 for windows, 
> migrated the database from one version to the other and I am now using 
> pgAdmin 3.  Everything seamed to be OK until I looked at the FK 
> constraints.  At first I thought it was a problem with the migration, 
> so I re-created the Contraints using pgAdmin 3, which there was no 
> problem in doing.  However I then went back to pg Admin 2 to see if it 
> would show the contraints as a check, it compained about duplicate 
> contriaints being present.  After removing the Constraints that I had 
> just added in pgAdmin 3, pgAdmin 2 allowed me to see the contraints 
> without any errors.
>  
> To sum up pgAdmin 3 does not seam to be displaying the FK contraint 
> information at all, either in the dialog boxes or the SQL code, and 
> does not complain if you re-add a constraint that is already there.
>
This problem is not known. Can you supply a small ddl script of some 
tables and FKs so we can have a look at it?
The problem might result from an old style FK representation (actually 
no constraint, but a trigger), which should be converted to new style 
(I'm no expert for <= 7.2, so it's just a guess)

Regards,
Andreas