Re: NOT NULL NOT ENFORCED
Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>
From: Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>
To: jian he <jian.universality@gmail.com>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2025-09-05T19:23:30Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On 2025-Sep-04, Álvaro Herrera wrote:
> On 2025-Sep-04, jian he wrote:
> > + else if (notenforced)
> > + {
> > + /*
> > + * We can't use ATExecSetNotNull here because it adds an enforced
> > + * not-null constraint, but here we only want a non-enforced one.
> > + */
>
> Umm, wouldn't it make more sense to modify ATExecSetNotNull() so that it
> does what we want? This seems hackish.
BTW while you're at that, it might make sense to allow commands like
ALTER TABLE foo ALTER col1 SET NOT NULL NOT VALID
ALTER TABLE foo ALTER col1 SET NOT NULL NOT ENFORCED
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Commits
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Fix CREATE TABLE LIKE with not-valid check constraint
- 33eec809402b 19 (unreleased) landed
- 21fdc37d219a 18.0 landed
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Add support for NOT ENFORCED in CHECK constraints
- ca87c415e2fc 18.0 cited