Thread: ALTER TYPE ... USING(NULL) / NOT NULL violation

If a column type is being changed with USING (NULL) clause,
NOT NULL constraint seems not to be checked:

fduch@~=# CREATE table test (x integer not null);
CREATE TABLE
fduch@~=# INSERT INTO test VALUES (1);
INSERT 0 1
fduch@~=# ALTER TABLE test ALTER x TYPE boolean USING (NULL);
ALTER TABLE
fduch@~=# \d test
     Table "public.test"
 Column |  Type   | Modifiers
--------+---------+-----------
 x      | boolean | not null

fduch@~=# SELECT * from test;
 x
---

(1 row)

fduch@~=# SELECT version();
                                            version
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 PostgreSQL 8.1.4 on i386-portbld-freebsd6.1, compiled by GCC cc (GCC) 3.4.4 [FreeBSD] 20050518
(1 row)


8.0 branch has the same behavour.


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Fduch M. Pravking

"Alexander M. Pravking" <fduch@antar.bryansk.ru> writes:
> If a column type is being changed with USING (NULL) clause,
> NOT NULL constraint seems not to be checked:

Hm, the code seems to have provisions to check "SET NOT NULL", but
it fails to check pre-existing NOT NULL attributes :-(

            regards, tom lane

"Alexander M. Pravking" <fduch@antar.bryansk.ru> writes:
> If a column type is being changed with USING (NULL) clause,
> NOT NULL constraint seems not to be checked:

I've committed patches for this.  Thanks for the report.

            regards, tom lane