Re: alter table docs

On 07/30/2018 09:57 AM, Rob Sargent wrote:
> I was just looking up alter table add constraint syntax under
> "current(10)" and we get
>
>     ADD /table_constraint/ [ NOT VALID ]
>     ADD /table_constraint_using_index/
>
> There is a description below for the using_index version but none for
> the plain version.  There is a block for the plain version on the CREATE

I see one:

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/10/static/sql-altertable.html

"ADD table_constraint [ NOT VALID ]

This form adds a new constraint to a table using the same syntax as
CREATE TABLE, plus the option NOT VALID, which is currently only allowed
for foreign key and CHECK constraints. If the constraint is marked NOT
VALID, the potentially-lengthy initial check to verify that all rows in
the table satisfy the constraint is skipped. The constraint will still
be enforced against subsequent inserts or updates (that is, they'll fail
unless there is a matching row in the referenced table, in the case of
foreign keys; and they'll fail unless the new row matches the specified
check constraints). But the database will not assume that the constraint
holds for all rows in the table, until it is validated by using the
VALIDATE CONSTRAINT option.
"

> TABLE page. Should it not also appear in the ALTER TABLE page?
>
>

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