Re: ALTER TYPE ... USING(NULL) / NOT NULL violation

If a column type is being changed with USING (NULL) clause,
NOT NULL constraint seems not to be checked:

fduch(at)~=# CREATE table test (x integer not null);
CREATE TABLE
fduch(at)~=# INSERT INTO test VALUES (1);
INSERT 0 1
fduch(at)~=# ALTER TABLE test ALTER x TYPE boolean USING (NULL);
ALTER TABLE
fduch(at)~=# \d test
Table "public.test"
Column | Type | Modifiers
--------+---------+-----------
x | boolean | not null

fduch(at)~=# SELECT * from test;
x
---

(1 row)

fduch(at)~=# SELECT version();
version
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PostgreSQL 8.1.4 on i386-portbld-freebsd6.1, compiled by GCC cc (GCC) 3.4.4 [FreeBSD] 20050518
(1 row)

8.0 branch has the same behavour.

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Fduch M. Pravking

"Alexander M. Pravking" <fduch(at)antar(dot)bryansk(dot)ru> writes:
> If a column type is being changed with USING (NULL) clause,
> NOT NULL constraint seems not to be checked:

Hm, the code seems to have provisions to check "SET NOT NULL", but
it fails to check pre-existing NOT NULL attributes :-(

regards, tom lane

"Alexander M. Pravking" <fduch(at)antar(dot)bryansk(dot)ru> writes:
> If a column type is being changed with USING (NULL) clause,
> NOT NULL constraint seems not to be checked:

I've committed patches for this. Thanks for the report.

regards, tom lane