Re: Check constraints on non-immutable keys

On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 16:38, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> writes:
>> Shouldn't we disallow anything that's not IMMUTABLE in a check constraint?
>
> I think you'd get too many howls of pain ... also, such a restriction is
> likely contrary to SQL spec.

Really? That sounds strange, but I can't claim to k now the SQL spec..

> The example seems to me to be in the category of "so don't do that"
> rather than something that we need to save users from.  Yes, it's

In that case, should we at least throw a warning?

> stupid, but for example the very similar check of "a < now()"
> would be perfectly safe and arguably useful.

Well, things like timezone settings could come in effect there as well...

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