Subject: [PATCH v1 4/6] Handle pg_get_constraintdef default args in system_functions.sql

From: Mark Wong <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2025 10:59:41 -0800

Modernize pg_get_constraintdef to use CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION to
handle the optional pretty argument.
---
 src/backend/catalog/system_functions.sql |  7 +++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/ruleutils.c        | 17 -----------------
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat          |  5 +----
 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_functions.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_functions.sql
index f7b9d26089a..1f89dcc7908 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_functions.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_functions.sql
@@ -685,6 +685,13 @@ LANGUAGE INTERNAL
 PARALLEL SAFE
 AS 'pg_get_indexdef';
 
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION
+  pg_get_constraintdef("constraint" oid, pretty bool DEFAULT false)
+RETURNS TEXT
+LANGUAGE INTERNAL
+PARALLEL SAFE
+AS 'pg_get_constraintdef';
+
 --
 -- The default permissions for functions mean that anyone can execute them.
 -- A number of functions shouldn't be executable by just anyone, but rather
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/ruleutils.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/ruleutils.c
index 92e2f987074..416144c49f5 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/ruleutils.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/ruleutils.c
@@ -2061,23 +2061,6 @@ pg_get_partconstrdef_string(Oid partitionId, char *aliasname)
  */
 Datum
 pg_get_constraintdef(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
-{
-	Oid			constraintId = PG_GETARG_OID(0);
-	int			prettyFlags;
-	char	   *res;
-
-	prettyFlags = PRETTYFLAG_INDENT;
-
-	res = pg_get_constraintdef_worker(constraintId, false, prettyFlags, true);
-
-	if (res == NULL)
-		PG_RETURN_NULL();
-
-	PG_RETURN_TEXT_P(string_to_text(res));
-}
-
-Datum
-pg_get_constraintdef_ext(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 {
 	Oid			constraintId = PG_GETARG_OID(0);
 	bool		pretty = PG_GETARG_BOOL(1);
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 62b997a1653..a9431ea4037 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -3977,9 +3977,6 @@
 { oid => '1662', descr => 'trigger description',
   proname => 'pg_get_triggerdef', provolatile => 's', prorettype => 'text',
   proargtypes => 'oid', prosrc => 'pg_get_triggerdef' },
-{ oid => '1387', descr => 'constraint description',
-  proname => 'pg_get_constraintdef', provolatile => 's', prorettype => 'text',
-  proargtypes => 'oid', prosrc => 'pg_get_constraintdef' },
 { oid => '1716', descr => 'deparse an encoded expression',
   proname => 'pg_get_expr', provolatile => 's', prorettype => 'text',
   proargtypes => 'pg_node_tree oid', prosrc => 'pg_get_expr' },
@@ -8501,7 +8498,7 @@
   proargtypes => 'oid int4 bool', prosrc => 'pg_get_indexdef' },
 { oid => '2508', descr => 'constraint description with pretty-print option',
   proname => 'pg_get_constraintdef', provolatile => 's', prorettype => 'text',
-  proargtypes => 'oid bool', prosrc => 'pg_get_constraintdef_ext' },
+  proargtypes => 'oid bool', prosrc => 'pg_get_constraintdef' },
 { oid => '2509',
   descr => 'deparse an encoded expression with pretty-print option',
   proname => 'pg_get_expr', provolatile => 's', prorettype => 'text',
-- 
2.51.2

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