Re: bogus error message for ALTER TABLE ALTER CONSTRAINT - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On Tue, Mar 04, 2025 at 07:22:22PM +0100, Álvaro Herrera wrote:
> I just discovered that trying to set a foreign key as NO INHERIT in
> ALTER TABLE ALTER CONSTRAINT returns an absurd error message:
> 
> create table pk (a int primary key);
> create table fk (a int references pk);
> 
> alter table fk alter constraint fk_a_fkey deferrable, alter constraint fk_a_fkey no inherit;
> ERROR:  ALTER CONSTRAINT statement constraints cannot be marked NO INHERIT
> 
> The explanation is that somebody misunderstood what must be given to
> processCASbits in 2013.  The intended message is:
>   ERROR:  FOREIGN KEY constraints cannot be marked NO INHERIT
> 
> Here's the fix along with some additional cleanup.

LGTM

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nathan