"alter table rename" does not update constraints

From: Ulf Mehlig <umehlig(at)uni-bremen(dot)de>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: "alter table rename" does not update constraints
Date: 2000-07-26 19:46:31
Message-ID: 14719.16407.401101.399975@pandora3.vmnet.localnet
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Hi there,

I successfully renamed one of the columns of the primary key of one of
my tables (it is used in one of the foreign keys, too -- I think, this
is the problem). Unfortunately, the constraint (rule system?) wasn't
updated by "alter table" -- have a look:

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db=# create table blatt_schaeden (
nummer smallint not null,
datum date not null,
typ smallint not null,
klasse smallint,
schaden smallint,
primary key (nummer,datum,typ),
foreign key (nummer) references blatt,
foreign key (typ) references blatt_schadenstyp
);
CREATE
db=# alter table blatt_schaeden rename column nummer to blatt_nummer;
ALTER
db=# update blatt_schaeden set klasse = 0 where schaden=0;
ERROR: constraint <unnamed>: table blatt_schaeden does not have an attribute nummer
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Do you consider this as a bug? There are similar items in the TODO
file, related to "alter table add" ...

Thanks for your attention,
Ulf

postgreSQL 7.0.2, i386 Linux 2.2.15/Redhat-6.something

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Ulf Mehlig <ulf(dot)mehlig(at)zmt(dot)uni-bremen(dot)de>
Center for Tropical Marine Ecology/ZMT, Bremen, Germany
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