D.24. RDB$RELATION_CONSTRAINTS

RDB$RELATION_CONSTRAINTS stores the definitions of all table-level constraints: primary, unique, foreign key, CHECK, NOT NULL constraints.

Column NameData TypeDescription

RDB$CONSTRAINT_NAME

CHAR(31)

The name of the table-level constraint defined by the user, or otherwise automatically generated by the system

RDB$CONSTRAINT_TYPE

CHAR(11)

The name of the constraint type: PRIMARY KEY, UNIQUE, FOREIGN KEY, CHECK or NOT NULL

RDB$RELATION_NAME

CHAR(31)

The name of the table this constraint applies to

RDB$DEFERRABLE

CHAR(3)

Currently NO in all cases: Firebird does not yet support deferrable constraints

RDB$INITIALLY_DEFERRED

CHAR(3)

Currently NO in all cases

RDB$INDEX_NAME

CHAR(31)

The name of the index that supports this constraint. For a CHECK or a NOT NULL constraint, it is NULL.