[postgis-users] Character Primary Key

[Marc Jansen]

Hi Fabrice,

AFAIK this is still true for the latest QGIS versions. Anyway: I'd ask 
again on the qgis-userlist if I were you:
http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user

Regards,
Marc


F T wrote:
> Hello List
>
>
> QGis used to deal only with integer (INT4) primary keys (QGis 1.2 
> PostgreSQL/Postgis 8.2).
>
> Do you know if it is still the case (QGis 1.4)?
>
> It is annoying for us that QGis can't use existing character primary 
> key...
> We have to add an artificial integer primary key and transform the 
> existing character primary key as a unique non null constraint.
>
> This change is ok if you only use QGis.
> But if the data are used by an other soft that was used do deal with 
> this character primary key, this cause an interoperability problem.
>
> Does QGis still only deal with INT4 primary key?
> If the response is yes, is this expected to change in a further version?
>
> Thanks
>
> Fabrice
>
>
>
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