Re: Creating constraint dynamically

sivapostgres(at)yahoo(dot)com schreef op ma 22-08-2022 om 07:29 [+0000]:
>
> ALTER TABLE public.tx_barcode_stock 
> ADD CONSTRAINT "tx_barcode_stock_CK1" CHECK 
> ( (branchcode = '1'::bpchar  and barcodeitem = 'Y'::bpchar and
> closingstock >= 0::numeric)  Or (branchcode = '1' and barcodeitem =
> 'N'::bpchar and closingstock >= 0::numeric )  Or (branchcode =
> '2'::bpchar  and barcodeitem = 'Y'::bpchar and closingstock >=
> 0::numeric)  Or (branchcode = '2' and  barcodeitem = 'N'::bpchar and
> closingstock >= 0::numeric ) ) NOT VALID; 
>
> After creation, when we check what we find is  [ in PgAdmin ]
> ALTER TABLE public.tx_barcode_stock
>     ADD CONSTRAINT "tx_barcode_stock_CK1" CHECK (branchcode::bpchar =
> '1'::bpchar AND barcodeitem = 'Y'::bpchar AND closingstock >=
> 0::numeric OR branchcode::text = '1'::text AND barcodeitem =
> 'N'::bpchar AND closingstock >= 0::numeric OR branchcode::bpchar =
> '2'::bpchar AND barcodeitem = 'Y'::bpchar AND closingstock >=
> 0::numeric OR branchcode::text = '2'::text AND barcodeitem =
> 'N'::bpchar AND closingstock >= 0::numeric)
>     NOT VALID;
>
> We have only one bracket, in the final updated one.
>
> Since there are AND and OR conditions, without brackets the whole
> conditions becomes useless. 

did you see
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-syntax-lexical.html#SQL-PRECEDENCE
?

mvg,
Wim