Re: cataloguing NOT NULL constraints

On 15.08.23 11:57, Dean Rasheed wrote:
> Something else I noticed when reading the SQL standard is that a
> user-defined CHECK (col IS NOT NULL) constraint should be recognised
> by the system as also making the column not null (setting its
> "nullability characteristic" to "known not nullable"). I think that's
> more than just an artefact of how they say NOT NULL constraints should
> be implemented, because the effect of such a CHECK constraint should
> be exposed in the "columns" view of the information schema -- the
> value of "is_nullable" should be "NO" if the column is "known not
> nullable".

Nullability determination is different from not-null constraints. The
nullability characteristic of a column can be derived from multiple
sources, including not-null constraints, check constraints, primary key
constraints, domain constraints, as well as more complex rules in case
of views, joins, etc. But this is all distinct and separate from the
issue of not-null constraints that we are discussing here.