Re: pgsql: Fix restore of not-null constraints with inheritance

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>
To: pgsql-committers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pgsql: Fix restore of not-null constraints with inheritance
Date: 2024-04-18 14:08:58
Message-ID: 202404181408.kqlwnqwshxtr@alvherre.pgsql
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On 2024-Apr-18, Alvaro Herrera wrote:

> Lastly, make two changes to pg_dump: 1) do not try to drop a not-null
> constraint that's marked as inherited; this allows a dump to restore
> with no errors if a table with a PK inherits from another which also has
> a PK; 2) avoid giving inherited constraints throwaway names, for the
> rare cases where such a constraint survives after the restore.

Hmm, this last bit broke pg_upgrade on crake. I'll revert this part,
meanwhile I'll be installing 9.2 to see if it can be fixed in a better way.

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Álvaro Herrera PostgreSQL Developer — https://www.EnterpriseDB.com/

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