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bogus error message for ALTER TABLE ALTER CONSTRAINT

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

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From: Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>
To: Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2025-03-04T18:22:22Z
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I just discovered that trying to set a foreign key as NO INHERIT in
ALTER TABLE ALTER CONSTRAINT returns an absurd error message:

create table pk (a int primary key);
create table fk (a int references pk);

alter table fk alter constraint fk_a_fkey deferrable, alter constraint fk_a_fkey no inherit;
ERROR:  ALTER CONSTRAINT statement constraints cannot be marked NO INHERIT

The explanation is that somebody misunderstood what must be given to
processCASbits in 2013.  The intended message is:
  ERROR:  FOREIGN KEY constraints cannot be marked NO INHERIT

Here's the fix along with some additional cleanup.

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

Commits

  1. Fix bogus grammar for a CREATE CONSTRAINT TRIGGER error

  2. Fix ALTER TABLE error message