Re: cataloguing NOT NULL constraints

Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>
To: Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2023-03-15T22:44:40Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers

Commits

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  1. Revert structural changes to not-null constraints

  2. Fix inconsistencies in error messages

  3. Disallow direct change of NO INHERIT of not-null constraints

  4. Disallow NO INHERIT not-null constraints on partitioned tables

  5. Better handle indirect constraint drops

  6. Don't try to assign smart names to constraints

  7. Fix restore of not-null constraints with inheritance

  8. ATTACH PARTITION: Don't match a PK with a UNIQUE constraint

  9. Fix propagating attnotnull in multiple inheritance

  10. Check stack depth in new recursive functions

  11. Move privilege check to the right place

  12. Update information_schema definition for not-null constraints

  13. Fix not-null constraint test

  14. Disallow changing NO INHERIT status of a not-null constraint

  15. Catalog not-null constraints

  16. parallel_schedule: add comment on event_trigger test dependency

  17. Revert "Catalog NOT NULL constraints" and fallout

  18. Adjust contrib/sepgsql regression test expected outputs.

  19. Fix table name clash in recently introduced test

  20. Catalog NOT NULL constraints

  21. Change the rules for inherited CHECK constraints to be essentially the same

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Here's v5.  I removed the business of renaming constraints in child
relations: recursing now just relies on matching column names.  Each
column has only one NOT NULL constraint; if you try to add another,
nothing happens.  All in all, this code is pretty similar to how we
handle inheritance of columns, which I think is good.

I added a mention that this funny syntax
  ALTER TABLE tab ADD CONSTRAINT NOT NULL col;
is not standard.  Maybe it's OK, but it seems a bit too prominent to me.

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Álvaro Herrera        Breisgau, Deutschland  —  https://www.EnterpriseDB.com/