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* removing "not null" modifier
@ 2006-03-13 13:07 Robert Urban <urban@UNIX-Beratung.de>
2006-03-13 15:04 ` Re: removing "not null" modifier Achilleus Mantzios <achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com>
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From: Robert Urban @ 2006-03-13 13:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: pgsql-sql
Hello,
let's say I have created a postgresql-7.2.2 db using the following cmds:
CREATE TABLE status
(
id SERIAL NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
name VARCHAR(32)
);
CREATE TABLE event
(
id SERIAL NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
description VARCHAR(32),
status_id INTEGER NOT NULL REFERENCES status(id)
);
in psql I then see:
mydb=# \d event
Table "event"
Column | Type | Modifiers
-------------+-----------------------+--------------------------------------------------
id | integer | not null default nextval('"event_id_seq"'::text)
description | character varying(32) |
status_id | integer | not null
Primary key: event_pkey
Triggers: RI_ConstraintTrigger_43210
The question:
how can I get rid of the "not null" modifier on status_id?
thanks,
Robert Urban
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* Re: removing "not null" modifier
2006-03-13 13:07 removing "not null" modifier Robert Urban <urban@UNIX-Beratung.de>
@ 2006-03-13 15:04 ` Achilleus Mantzios <achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com>
2006-03-13 15:47 ` Re: removing "not null" modifier Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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From: Achilleus Mantzios @ 2006-03-13 15:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Robert Urban <urban@UNIX-Beratung.de>; +Cc: pgsql-sql
O Robert Urban Ýãñáøå óôéò Mar 13, 2006 :
> Hello,
>
> let's say I have created a postgresql-7.2.2 db using the following cmds:
>
> CREATE TABLE status
> (
> id SERIAL NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
> name VARCHAR(32)
> );
>
> CREATE TABLE event
> (
> id SERIAL NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
> description VARCHAR(32),
> status_id INTEGER NOT NULL REFERENCES status(id)
> );
>
> in psql I then see:
>
> mydb=# \d event
> Table "event"
> Column | Type | Modifiers
> -------------+-----------------------+--------------------------------------------------
> id | integer | not null default nextval('"event_id_seq"'::text)
> description | character varying(32) |
> status_id | integer | not null
> Primary key: event_pkey
> Triggers: RI_ConstraintTrigger_43210
>
>
> The question:
>
> how can I get rid of the "not null" modifier on status_id?
ALTER TABLE event ALTER status_id DROP NOT NULL;
>
> thanks,
>
> Robert Urban
>
> ---------------------------(end of broadcast)---------------------------
> TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend
>
--
-Achilleus
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* Re: removing "not null" modifier
2006-03-13 13:07 removing "not null" modifier Robert Urban <urban@UNIX-Beratung.de>
2006-03-13 15:04 ` Re: removing "not null" modifier Achilleus Mantzios <achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com>
@ 2006-03-13 15:47 ` Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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From: Tom Lane @ 2006-03-13 15:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Achilleus Mantzios <achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com>; +Cc: Robert Urban <urban@UNIX-Beratung.de>; pgsql-sql
Achilleus Mantzios <achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com> writes:
> O Robert Urban Ýãñáøå óôéò Mar 13, 2006 :
>> how can I get rid of the "not null" modifier on status_id?
> ALTER TABLE event ALTER status_id DROP NOT NULL;
I don't think 7.2 has that. Of course, there are many excellent reasons
why Robert needs to get himself off 7.2.2 ASAP. Some of them can be
found here:
http://developer.postgresql.org/docs/postgres/release.html
regards, tom lane
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