Show how to incrementally make a column NOT NULL

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Subject: Show how to incrementally make a column NOT NULL
Date: 2023-10-09 18:34:38
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Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/16/sql-altertable.html
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In the examples on
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-altertable.html#SQL-ALTERTABLE-NOTES,
I suggest adding the following.

To make an existing column `NOT NULL` with the least impact on other work:

```
-- prevent new NULL values
ALTER TABLE distributors ADD CONSTRAINT street_not_null CHECK (street IS NOT
NULL) NOT VALID;
-- optionally, pause here to fix existing NULL values
ALTER TABLE distributors VALIDATE CONSTRAINT street_not_null;
ALTER TABLE distributors ALTER COLUMN street SET NOT NULL;
-- check constraint no longer needed
ALTER TABLE distributors DROP CONSTRAINT street_not_null;
```

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