Re: Avoid useless retrieval of defaults and check constraints in pg_dump -a - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 10:56:01PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> (Note that we disallow sub-queries in CHECK constraints, and also
> disclaim responsibility for what happens if you cheat by hiding
> the subquery in a function.  So while it's certainly possible to
> build CHECK constraints that only work if table X is loaded before
> table Y, pg_dump already doesn't guarantee that'll work, --data-only
> or otherwise.)

Yep, exactly what I was thinking upthread by cheating with a schema
having cross-table references in a check constraint.
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Michael