Re: Rename a constraint

On 10 January 2009 19:22, Raymond O'Donnell <rod(at)iol(dot)ie> wrote:
> On 10/01/2009 19:15, Thom Brown wrote:
>> I can't find anything in the documentation, but does anyone know if
>> there is a way to rename a constraint?
>
> I just tried it with a primary key...
>
> test=# alter table t1 alter constraint t1_pk rename to t1_pp;
> ERROR:  syntax error at or near "constraint"
> LINE 1: alter constraint t1_pk rename to t1_pp;
>
>
> ... and as you can see it didn't work. I suppose you could always drop
> and recreate it with a different name.

While this was a sufficient solution for the problem I was having back
then, it will be problematic for those with large tables as it means
re-validating the constraint against the entire table.

I notice Bruce submitted a change to allow the renaming of
constraints, but nothing ever came of it:
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-patches/2006-02/msg00168.php

It's also in the TODO: http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Todo#ALTER

Any chance of this being picked up for 9.2? :)

Thom