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From Tamsin
Subject Not null contraints
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Msg-id NEBBKHBOBMJCHDMGKCNJEEDACEAA.tg_mail@bryncadfan.co.uk
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Responses Re: Not null contraints  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
List pgsql-general
Quick question -
I want to remove a not null constraint from a table.  I've read the posts
about having to rename, recreate without not nulls & insert back into the
table.  This is fine, but the table also has a lot of foreign keys/rules etc
& recreating all these is a bit of pain.
I tried updating pg_attribute & setting attnotnull to 'f' for the field in
question.  This seems to have worked.  Is it safe?! - is there anything else
I should be aware of?

Thanks,
Tamsin


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