[mb-devel] Re: Why create the constraints after table creation?

[Frederic Da Vitoria]

2006/10/23, Robert Kaye <rob at eorbit.net>:
>
> On Oct 22, 2006, at 8:40 AM, Matt Perry wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 22 Oct 2006, Steve Wyles wrote:
> >
> >> On Sat, 21 Oct 2006, Matt Perry wrote:
> >>
> >> The contraints aren't always required, for instance they aren't
> >> used in replicated slaves.
> >
> > Since the SQL essentially acts as documentation it would make more
> > sense to combine the statements into create table and just drop all
> > the constraints on slaves.
>
> I see what you're saying -- but keeping them separate is desirable
> for greater overall flexibility. I think the best way to fix the
> documentation problem is by writing actual documentation, rather than
> having to rely on SQL statements as our core docs.
>
> Anyone feel like drawing some graphs?
>
> --
>
> --ruaok      Somewhere in Texas a village is *still* missing its idiot.
>
> Robert Kaye     --     rob at eorbit.net     --    http://mayhem-chaos.net

Are there freeware tools to do it?

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Frederic Da Vitoria