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PostgreSQL index naming convention to remember

The standard names for indexes in PostgreSQL are:

{tablename}_{columnname(s)}_{suffix}

where the suffix is one of the following:

  • pkey for a Primary Key constraint;
  • key for a Unique constraint;
  • excl for an Exclusion constraint;
  • idx for any other kind of index;
  • fkey for a Foreign key;
  • check for a Check constraint;

Standard suffix for sequences is

seq for all sequences

Found here

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