Re: Check constraints on partition parents only?

Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:

> On 07/25/2011 10:31 PM, Jerry Sievers wrote:
>> Hackers;
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>> I just noticed that somewhere between 8.2 and 8.4, an exception is
>> raised trying to alter table ONLY some_partition_parent ADD CHECK
>> (foo).
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> 8.4 had this change:
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> Force child tables to inherit CHECK constraints from parents
> (Alex Hunsaker, Nikhil Sontakke, Tom)
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> Formerly it was possible to drop such a constraint from a
> child table, allowing rows that violate the constraint to be
> visible when scanning the parent table. This was deemed
> inconsistent, as well as contrary to SQL standard.
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> You're not the only one who occasionally bangs his head against it.
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> cheers
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> andrew

Thanks Andrew!... Yeah, I figured it was a documented change but too
lazy tonight to browse release notes :-)

The previous behavior was to me convenient, but I agree, probably lead
to some confusion too.

That our version of partitioning can be overloaded like this though I
think adds power. A bit of which we lost adding the restrictgion.
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