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Re: creating CHECK constraints as NOT VALID

Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>

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From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>
To: Thom Brown <thom@linux.com>
Cc: Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2011-06-01T17:53:12Z
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  1. Fix pg_get_constraintdef to cope with NOT VALID constraints

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Excerpts from Thom Brown's message of mar may 31 20:18:18 -0400 2011:

> test=# CREATE DOMAIN things AS INT CHECK (VALUE > 5);
> CREATE DOMAIN
> test=# CREATE TABLE abc (id SERIAL, stuff things);
> NOTICE:  CREATE TABLE will create implicit sequence "abc_id_seq" for
> serial column "abc.id"
> CREATE TABLE
> test=# INSERT INTO abc (stuff) VALUES (55);
> INSERT 0 1
> test=# ALTER DOMAIN things ADD CONSTRAINT meow CHECK (VALUE < 11) NOT VALID;
> ERROR:  column "stuff" of table "abc" contains values that violate the
> new constraint
> STATEMENT:  ALTER DOMAIN things ADD CONSTRAINT meow CHECK (VALUE < 11)
> NOT VALID;

Okay, fixed that and added ALTER DOMAIN VALIDATE CONSTRAINT too.
Thanks for the review.

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