Re: simplifying grammar for ALTER CONSTRAINT .. SET [NO] INHERIT

From: Álvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>
To: Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Cc: Suraj Kharage <suraj(dot)kharage(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Amul Sul <sulamul(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: simplifying grammar for ALTER CONSTRAINT .. SET [NO] INHERIT
Date: 2025-03-25 16:05:17
Message-ID: 202503251605.e6yngze7aeim@alvherre.pgsql
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On 2025-Mar-25, Álvaro Herrera wrote:

> With commit f4e53e10b6ce we introduced a way to flip the NO INHERIT bit
> on not-null constraints. However, because of the way the grammar
> dealt with ALTER CONSTRAINT, we were too blind to see a way to implement
> it using the existing production.

Patch attached.

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"Someone said that it is at least an order of magnitude more work to do
production software than a prototype. I think he is wrong by at least
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