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Subject: pgsql: Reject ADD CONSTRAINT NOT NULL if name mismatches existing const
Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2026 11:39:38 +0000
Message-ID: <[email protected]> (raw)
Reject ADD CONSTRAINT NOT NULL if name mismatches existing constraint
When using ALTER TABLE ... ADD CONSTRAINT to add a not-null constraint
with an explicit name, we have to ensure that if the column is already
marked NOT NULL, the provided name matches the existing constraint name.
Failing to do so could lead to confusion regarding which constraint
object actually enforces the rule.
This patch adds a check to throw an error if the user tries to add a
named not-null constraint to a column that already has one with a
different name.
Reported-by: yanliang lei <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
Co-authored-bu: Srinath Reddy Sadipiralla <[email protected]>
Backpatch-through: 18
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/19351-8f1c523ead498545%40postgresql.org
Branch
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master
Details
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https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/96e2af605043974137d84edf5c0a24561956919e
Modified Files
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src/backend/catalog/heap.c | 1 +
src/backend/catalog/pg_constraint.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++++--
src/include/catalog/pg_constraint.h | 2 +-
src/test/regress/expected/constraints.out | 6 +++++-
src/test/regress/sql/constraints.sql | 4 +++-
5 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
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