Re: plpgsql constraint checked data fails to restore

Added pgsql-hackers
Added Bruce Momjian

On 6/23/2005 12:19 PM, Michael Fuhr wrote:
>> The question I have is how exactly you manage to get the trigger fired
>> when restoring the dump. By default, the dump created by pg_dump will
>> create the table, fill in the data and create the trigger(s) only after
>> that.
>
> Not true for CHECK constraints -- pg_dump creates them with the
> CREATE TABLE statement:

This is still true in 8.1's pg_dump, even though check constraints can
be added later. Even though it is bad practice to have functions that
rely on or even manipulate other objects in a CHECK constraint, I think
pg_dump should add the check constraints in the same manner as it does
triggers.

Bruce, do we have a TODO item for this?

Jan

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