andrew@pillette.com writes:
> Table A has a CHECK constraint testing boolean function F.
> Function F has a SELECT from Table A.
> In my manual build script, I create the table, then the function, and then at the very end of the script to I do an
ALTERTABLE ADD CHECK.
> I suppose I can replace the CHECK with an explicit trigger (that uses an exception) and then pg_dump will get the
creationsequence correct. Is there another way?
In 7.4 you could create the function first using SET
check_function_bodies = false. 7.5 will have a proper solution...
pg_dump can now actually detect reference circularities and fix them
by using ALTER ...
regards, tom lane