Re: SET NULL / SET NOT NULL - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Ross J. Reedstrom
Subject Re: SET NULL / SET NOT NULL
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Msg-id 20020322065410.GA12161@rice.edu
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In response to Re: SET NULL / SET NOT NULL  ("Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au>)
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On Fri, Mar 22, 2002 at 02:34:57PM +0800, Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote:
> > > Do we want the above syntax, or this syntax:
> > >
> > > ALTER TABLE blah ALTER COLUMN col SET NOT NULL;
> > > ALTER TABLE blah ALTER COLUMN col SET NULL;
> > 
> > My only objection to the second command is that it's plain wrong.  You
> > don't set anything to NULL, so don't make the command look like it.
> 
> So then how is it any more wrong than SET NOT NULL?
> 
> It should almost be ADD NOT NULL ...
Hmm, there's this SQL92 keyword here: what do people thing of NULLABLE?

SET NOT NULLABLE
SET NULLABLE

Ross


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