BUG #13659: Constraint names truncated without error

From: jtc331(at)gmail(dot)com
To: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: BUG #13659: Constraint names truncated without error
Date: 2015-10-01 14:40:27
Message-ID: 20151001144027.348.87665@wrigleys.postgresql.org
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The following bug has been logged on the website:

Bug reference: 13659
Logged by: James Coleman
Email address: jtc331(at)gmail(dot)com
PostgreSQL version: 9.4.4
Operating system: OS X (and Linux etc.)
Description:

If I create the following schema:

create table t(n integer);
alter table t add constraint
test_contrainst_that_has_a_very_long_name_to_trigger_the_character_limit
check (n != 1);

the constraint name appears to be automatically truncated without error, as
confirmed with:

SELECT tc.constraint_name, tc.table_name
FROM information_schema.table_constraints AS tc
WHERE tc.table_name = 't'

Since PG raises errors when index names, for example, are too long, I
believe it should do the same for constraints. I discussed this with Magnus
at PostgresOpen and he agreed that the behavior should be the same and that
if it weren't it was likely a bug.

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