Re: Check constraints do not seem to be working!!!

From: Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Chris Sterritt <chris(dot)sterritt(at)yobota(dot)xyz>
Cc: pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Check constraints do not seem to be working!!!
Date: 2020-11-11 08:41:30
Message-ID: CAFj8pRA2f3ttP8zUugwMjfyF7bc3RBAD6S_Sw-ZZPVziXRDnQg@mail.gmail.com
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st 11. 11. 2020 v 9:38 odesílatel Chris Sterritt <chris(dot)sterritt(at)yobota(dot)xyz>
napsal:

>
> On 11/11/2020 06:44, Jitendra Loyal wrote:
>
> Consider this table definition:
> create table t ( i serial, b bool, c bool,
> constraint b_c check ( (b = true and c is
> not null ) or (b is distinct
> from true and c is null) )
> constraint b_c check ( (b = true and c is
> not null ) or (b = false and c
> is null) or (b is null and c is null) )
> );
> Despite the above two constraints, the following rows get into the table:
> insert into t (b , c) values (null, true), (null, false);
>
>
> (b = TRUE AND c IS NOT NULL) evaluates to null when b is null
>
>
yes, constraint is violated only when result is false, no when it is null.

Regards

Pavel

> Cheers,
> Chris Sterritt
>
>

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