Re: disable constraints

i whant avoid to dropping constraint, i whant to disable the constraints, 
because i need to insert a large amont of data.
is there a way?

best regards,
rute



At 03:47 PM 2/26/2003 +0100, you wrote:
>Hi!
>
>use "alter table ??? drop constraint ???"
>
>example:
>
>create table asdf (userid text, foreign key (userid) references 
>person(userid) on delete cascade);
>
>\d asdf
>     Table "public.asdf"
>  Column | Type | Modifiers
>--------+------+-----------
>  userid | text |
>Foreign Key constraints: $1 FOREIGN KEY (userid) REFERENCES person(userid) 
>ON UPDATE NO ACTION ON DELETE CASCADE
>
>alter table asdf drop constraint "$1";
>
>Regards,
>Patrik Kudo
>
>rute solipa wrote:
>>hello,
>>does anyone nows how can i disable/enable table or column constraints?
>>in oracle it's possible to disable constraints like this:
>>alter table tb_1
>>disable primary key;
>>best regards,
>>rute
>>
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