Re: fail: alter table <table_name> NOCHECK CONSTRAINT ALL;

On Tue, 2011-10-04 at 12:21 -0600, J.V. wrote:
> I have tried:
>
> alter table <table_name> NOCHECK CONSTRAINT ALL;
>
> and it highlights (squiggles) NOCHECK saying : ERROR: syntax error at or
> near "NOCHECK" SQL state: 42601 character 20
>
> but everything I lookup says this this is the way to disable all
> constraints on a table.
>
> Also is there a way to disable all existing constraints on all tables
> everywhere (specifically all pkey & fkey constraints irrespective of how
> they were created) in one statement?
>
> I have searched and searched and find nothing that works.
>

Not sure where you look up, but there's no way to disable constraints in
PostgreSQL. You can disable triggers and rules, but not the constraints.

See http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/interactive/sql-altertable.html

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