diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml
index 3f61d7d45fe..b7648142eea 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ ALTER TABLE [ IF EXISTS ] name
There must also be matching child-table constraints for all
CHECK constraints of the parent, except those
- marked non-inheritable (that is, created with ALTER TABLE ONLY)
+ marked non-inheritable (that is, created with ALTER TABLE ... ADD CONSTRAINT ... NO INHERIT)
in the parent, which are ignored; all child-table constraints matched
must not be marked non-inheritable.
Currently
@@ -1013,7 +1013,7 @@ ALTER TABLE distributors ADD CONSTRAINT zipchk CHECK (char_length(zipcode) = 5);
To add a check constraint only to a table and not to its children:
-ALTER TABLE distributors ADD CONSTRAINT zipchk CHECK NO INHERIT (char_length(zipcode) = 5);
+ALTER TABLE distributors ADD CONSTRAINT zipchk CHECK (char_length(zipcode) = 5) NO INHERIT;
(The check constraint will not be inherited by future children, either.)
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
index c1600533985..2880aac03af 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
[ CONSTRAINT constraint_name ]
{ NOT NULL |
NULL |
- CHECK [ NO INHERIT ] ( expression ) |
+ CHECK ( expression ) [ NO INHERIT ] |
DEFAULT default_expr |
UNIQUE index_parameters |
PRIMARY KEY index_parameters |
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
and table_constraint is:
[ CONSTRAINT constraint_name ]
-{ CHECK [ NO INHERIT ] ( expression ) |
+{ CHECK ( expression ) [ NO INHERIT ] |
UNIQUE ( column_name [, ... ] ) index_parameters |
PRIMARY KEY ( column_name [, ... ] ) index_parameters |
EXCLUDE [ USING index_method ] ( exclude_element WITH operator [, ... ] ) index_parameters [ WHERE ( predicate ) ] |
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
- CHECK [ NO INHERIT ] ( expression )
+ CHECK ( expression ) [ NO INHERIT ]
The CHECK> clause specifies an expression producing a
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.2.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.2.sgml
index e79b0715000..3ce80c22c2b 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.2.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.2.sgml
@@ -1271,7 +1271,7 @@
Allow CHECK> constraints to be declared NO
- INHERIT> (Nikhil Sontakke, Alex Hunsaker)
+ INHERIT> (Nikhil Sontakke, Alex Hunsaker, Álvaro Herrera)
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/typecmds.c b/src/backend/commands/typecmds.c
index 30850b2b22e..353043d581a 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/typecmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/typecmds.c
@@ -921,8 +921,14 @@ DefineDomain(CreateDomainStmt *stmt)
/*
* Check constraints are handled after domain creation, as
- * they require the Oid of the domain
+ * they require the Oid of the domain; at this point we can
+ * only check that they're not marked NO INHERIT, because
+ * that would be bogus.
*/
+ if (constr->is_no_inherit)
+ ereport(ERROR,
+ (errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_OBJECT_DEFINITION),
+ errmsg("CHECK constraints for domains cannot be marked NO INHERIT")));
break;
/*
diff --git a/src/backend/parser/gram.y b/src/backend/parser/gram.y
index 142eac3b6f0..7120b1e3187 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/gram.y
+++ b/src/backend/parser/gram.y
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ typedef struct PrivTarget
#define CAS_INITIALLY_IMMEDIATE 0x04
#define CAS_INITIALLY_DEFERRED 0x08
#define CAS_NOT_VALID 0x10
+#define CAS_NO_INHERIT 0x20
#define parser_yyerror(msg) scanner_yyerror(msg, yyscanner)
@@ -143,7 +144,7 @@ static void SplitColQualList(List *qualList,
core_yyscan_t yyscanner);
static void processCASbits(int cas_bits, int location, const char *constrType,
bool *deferrable, bool *initdeferred, bool *not_valid,
- core_yyscan_t yyscanner);
+ bool *no_inherit, core_yyscan_t yyscanner);
%}
@@ -2701,13 +2702,13 @@ ColConstraintElem:
n->indexspace = $4;
$$ = (Node *)n;
}
- | CHECK opt_no_inherit '(' a_expr ')'
+ | CHECK '(' a_expr ')' opt_no_inherit
{
Constraint *n = makeNode(Constraint);
n->contype = CONSTR_CHECK;
n->location = @1;
- n->is_no_inherit = $2;
- n->raw_expr = $4;
+ n->is_no_inherit = $5;
+ n->raw_expr = $3;
n->cooked_expr = NULL;
$$ = (Node *)n;
}
@@ -2747,10 +2748,10 @@ ColConstraintElem:
* combinations.
*
* See also ConstraintAttributeSpec, which can be used in places where
- * there is no parsing conflict. (Note: currently, NOT VALID is an allowed
- * clause in ConstraintAttributeSpec, but not here. Someday we might need
- * to allow it here too, but for the moment it doesn't seem useful in the
- * statements that use ConstraintAttr.)
+ * there is no parsing conflict. (Note: currently, NOT VALID and NO INHERIT
+ * are allowed clauses in ConstraintAttributeSpec, but not here. Someday we
+ * might need to allow them here too, but for the moment it doesn't seem
+ * useful in the statements that use ConstraintAttr.)
*/
ConstraintAttr:
DEFERRABLE
@@ -2827,17 +2828,16 @@ TableConstraint:
;
ConstraintElem:
- CHECK opt_no_inherit '(' a_expr ')' ConstraintAttributeSpec
+ CHECK '(' a_expr ')' ConstraintAttributeSpec
{
Constraint *n = makeNode(Constraint);
n->contype = CONSTR_CHECK;
n->location = @1;
- n->is_no_inherit = $2;
- n->raw_expr = $4;
+ n->raw_expr = $3;
n->cooked_expr = NULL;
- processCASbits($6, @6, "CHECK",
+ processCASbits($5, @5, "CHECK",
NULL, NULL, &n->skip_validation,
- yyscanner);
+ &n->is_no_inherit, yyscanner);
n->initially_valid = !n->skip_validation;
$$ = (Node *)n;
}
@@ -2853,7 +2853,7 @@ ConstraintElem:
n->indexspace = $6;
processCASbits($7, @7, "UNIQUE",
&n->deferrable, &n->initdeferred, NULL,
- yyscanner);
+ NULL, yyscanner);
$$ = (Node *)n;
}
| UNIQUE ExistingIndex ConstraintAttributeSpec
@@ -2867,7 +2867,7 @@ ConstraintElem:
n->indexspace = NULL;
processCASbits($3, @3, "UNIQUE",
&n->deferrable, &n->initdeferred, NULL,
- yyscanner);
+ NULL, yyscanner);
$$ = (Node *)n;
}
| PRIMARY KEY '(' columnList ')' opt_definition OptConsTableSpace
@@ -2882,7 +2882,7 @@ ConstraintElem:
n->indexspace = $7;
processCASbits($8, @8, "PRIMARY KEY",
&n->deferrable, &n->initdeferred, NULL,
- yyscanner);
+ NULL, yyscanner);
$$ = (Node *)n;
}
| PRIMARY KEY ExistingIndex ConstraintAttributeSpec
@@ -2896,7 +2896,7 @@ ConstraintElem:
n->indexspace = NULL;
processCASbits($4, @4, "PRIMARY KEY",
&n->deferrable, &n->initdeferred, NULL,
- yyscanner);
+ NULL, yyscanner);
$$ = (Node *)n;
}
| EXCLUDE access_method_clause '(' ExclusionConstraintList ')'
@@ -2914,7 +2914,7 @@ ConstraintElem:
n->where_clause = $8;
processCASbits($9, @9, "EXCLUDE",
&n->deferrable, &n->initdeferred, NULL,
- yyscanner);
+ NULL, yyscanner);
$$ = (Node *)n;
}
| FOREIGN KEY '(' columnList ')' REFERENCES qualified_name
@@ -2931,7 +2931,7 @@ ConstraintElem:
n->fk_del_action = (char) ($10 & 0xFF);
processCASbits($11, @11, "FOREIGN KEY",
&n->deferrable, &n->initdeferred,
- &n->skip_validation,
+ &n->skip_validation, NULL,
yyscanner);
n->initially_valid = !n->skip_validation;
$$ = (Node *)n;
@@ -4116,7 +4116,7 @@ CreateTrigStmt:
n->isconstraint = TRUE;
processCASbits($10, @10, "TRIGGER",
&n->deferrable, &n->initdeferred, NULL,
- yyscanner);
+ NULL, yyscanner);
n->constrrel = $9;
$$ = (Node *)n;
}
@@ -4253,6 +4253,7 @@ ConstraintAttributeElem:
| INITIALLY IMMEDIATE { $$ = CAS_INITIALLY_IMMEDIATE; }
| INITIALLY DEFERRED { $$ = CAS_INITIALLY_DEFERRED; }
| NOT VALID { $$ = CAS_NOT_VALID; }
+ | NO INHERIT { $$ = CAS_NO_INHERIT; }
;
@@ -4300,7 +4301,7 @@ CreateAssertStmt:
n->isconstraint = TRUE;
processCASbits($8, @8, "ASSERTION",
&n->deferrable, &n->initdeferred, NULL,
- yyscanner);
+ NULL, yyscanner);
ereport(ERROR,
(errcode(ERRCODE_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED),
@@ -13275,7 +13276,7 @@ SplitColQualList(List *qualList,
static void
processCASbits(int cas_bits, int location, const char *constrType,
bool *deferrable, bool *initdeferred, bool *not_valid,
- core_yyscan_t yyscanner)
+ bool *no_inherit, core_yyscan_t yyscanner)
{
/* defaults */
if (deferrable)
@@ -13323,6 +13324,19 @@ processCASbits(int cas_bits, int location, const char *constrType,
constrType),
parser_errposition(location)));
}
+
+ if (cas_bits & CAS_NO_INHERIT)
+ {
+ if (no_inherit)
+ *no_inherit = true;
+ else
+ ereport(ERROR,
+ (errcode(ERRCODE_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED),
+ /* translator: %s is CHECK, UNIQUE, or similar */
+ errmsg("%s constraints cannot be marked NO INHERIT",
+ constrType),
+ parser_errposition(location)));
+ }
}
/* parser_init()
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/ruleutils.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/ruleutils.c
index 9ca3b9d0c44..f245e91379c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/ruleutils.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/ruleutils.c
@@ -1343,10 +1343,9 @@ pg_get_constraintdef_worker(Oid constraintId, bool fullCommand,
* Note that simply checking for leading '(' and trailing ')'
* would NOT be good enough, consider "(x > 0) AND (y > 0)".
*/
- appendStringInfo(&buf, "CHECK %s(%s)",
- conForm->connoinherit ? "NO INHERIT " : "",
- consrc);
-
+ appendStringInfo(&buf, "CHECK (%s)%s",
+ consrc,
+ conForm->connoinherit ? " NO INHERIT" : "");
break;
}
case CONSTRAINT_TRIGGER:
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/alter_table.out b/src/test/regress/expected/alter_table.out
index a0ae5eb9a7b..60ced86f490 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/alter_table.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/alter_table.out
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ Check constraints:
"con1foo" CHECK (a > 0)
Inherits: constraint_rename_test
-ALTER TABLE constraint_rename_test ADD CONSTRAINT con2 CHECK NO INHERIT (b > 0);
+ALTER TABLE constraint_rename_test ADD CONSTRAINT con2 CHECK (b > 0) NO INHERIT;
ALTER TABLE ONLY constraint_rename_test RENAME CONSTRAINT con2 TO con2foo; -- ok
ALTER TABLE constraint_rename_test RENAME CONSTRAINT con2foo TO con2bar; -- ok
\d constraint_rename_test
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ Table "public.constraint_rename_test"
c | integer |
Check constraints:
"con1foo" CHECK (a > 0)
- "con2bar" CHECK NO INHERIT (b > 0)
+ "con2bar" CHECK (b > 0) NO INHERIT
Number of child tables: 1 (Use \d+ to list them.)
\d constraint_rename_test2
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ Indexes:
"con3foo" PRIMARY KEY, btree (a)
Check constraints:
"con1foo" CHECK (a > 0)
- "con2bar" CHECK NO INHERIT (b > 0)
+ "con2bar" CHECK (b > 0) NO INHERIT
Number of child tables: 1 (Use \d+ to list them.)
\d constraint_rename_test2
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ drop table atacc1;
create table atacc1 (test int);
create table atacc2 (test2 int) inherits (atacc1);
-- ok:
-alter table atacc1 add constraint foo check no inherit (test>0);
+alter table atacc1 add constraint foo check (test>0) no inherit;
-- check constraint is not there on child
insert into atacc2 (test) values (-3);
-- check constraint is there on parent
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ ERROR: new row for relation "atacc1" violates check constraint "foo"
DETAIL: Failing row contains (-3).
insert into atacc1 (test) values (3);
-- fail, violating row:
-alter table atacc2 add constraint foo check no inherit (test>0);
+alter table atacc2 add constraint foo check (test>0) no inherit;
ERROR: check constraint "foo" is violated by some row
drop table atacc2;
drop table atacc1;
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/inherit.out b/src/test/regress/expected/inherit.out
index afdfea70c98..c81fdb8428e 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/inherit.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/inherit.out
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ select * from d;
-- Test non-inheritable parent constraints
create table p1(ff1 int);
-alter table p1 add constraint p1chk check no inherit (ff1 > 0);
+alter table p1 add constraint p1chk check (ff1 > 0) no inherit;
alter table p1 add constraint p2chk check (ff1 > 10);
-- connoinherit should be true for NO INHERIT constraint
select pc.relname, pgc.conname, pgc.contype, pgc.conislocal, pgc.coninhcount, pgc.connoinherit from pg_class as pc inner join pg_constraint as pgc on (pgc.conrelid = pc.oid) where pc.relname = 'p1' order by 1,2;
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ create table c1 () inherits (p1);
--------+---------+-----------
ff1 | integer |
Check constraints:
- "p1chk" CHECK NO INHERIT (ff1 > 0)
+ "p1chk" CHECK (ff1 > 0) NO INHERIT
"p2chk" CHECK (ff1 > 10)
Number of child tables: 1 (Use \d+ to list them.)
diff --git a/src/test/regress/input/constraints.source b/src/test/regress/input/constraints.source
index 37d06b0127a..16468b20afb 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/input/constraints.source
+++ b/src/test/regress/input/constraints.source
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ DROP TABLE INSERT_CHILD;
--
CREATE TABLE ATACC1 (TEST INT
- CHECK NO INHERIT (TEST > 0));
+ CHECK (TEST > 0) NO INHERIT);
CREATE TABLE ATACC2 (TEST2 INT) INHERITS (ATACC1);
-- check constraint is not there on child
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ INSERT INTO ATACC1 (TEST) VALUES (-3);
DROP TABLE ATACC1 CASCADE;
CREATE TABLE ATACC1 (TEST INT, TEST2 INT
- CHECK (TEST > 0), CHECK NO INHERIT (TEST2 > 10));
+ CHECK (TEST > 0), CHECK (TEST2 > 10) NO INHERIT);
CREATE TABLE ATACC2 () INHERITS (ATACC1);
-- check constraint is there on child
diff --git a/src/test/regress/output/constraints.source b/src/test/regress/output/constraints.source
index f37c9b1369b..81014016106 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/output/constraints.source
+++ b/src/test/regress/output/constraints.source
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ DROP TABLE INSERT_CHILD;
-- Check NO INHERIT type of constraints and inheritance
--
CREATE TABLE ATACC1 (TEST INT
- CHECK NO INHERIT (TEST > 0));
+ CHECK (TEST > 0) NO INHERIT);
CREATE TABLE ATACC2 (TEST2 INT) INHERITS (ATACC1);
-- check constraint is not there on child
INSERT INTO ATACC2 (TEST) VALUES (-3);
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ DETAIL: Failing row contains (-3).
DROP TABLE ATACC1 CASCADE;
NOTICE: drop cascades to table atacc2
CREATE TABLE ATACC1 (TEST INT, TEST2 INT
- CHECK (TEST > 0), CHECK NO INHERIT (TEST2 > 10));
+ CHECK (TEST > 0), CHECK (TEST2 > 10) NO INHERIT);
CREATE TABLE ATACC2 () INHERITS (ATACC1);
-- check constraint is there on child
INSERT INTO ATACC2 (TEST) VALUES (-3);
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/alter_table.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/alter_table.sql
index 5ca537e91bc..0f9cb380e16 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/alter_table.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/alter_table.sql
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ ALTER TABLE ONLY constraint_rename_test RENAME CONSTRAINT con1 TO con1foo; -- fa
ALTER TABLE constraint_rename_test RENAME CONSTRAINT con1 TO con1foo; -- ok
\d constraint_rename_test
\d constraint_rename_test2
-ALTER TABLE constraint_rename_test ADD CONSTRAINT con2 CHECK NO INHERIT (b > 0);
+ALTER TABLE constraint_rename_test ADD CONSTRAINT con2 CHECK (b > 0) NO INHERIT;
ALTER TABLE ONLY constraint_rename_test RENAME CONSTRAINT con2 TO con2foo; -- ok
ALTER TABLE constraint_rename_test RENAME CONSTRAINT con2foo TO con2bar; -- ok
\d constraint_rename_test
@@ -500,14 +500,14 @@ drop table atacc1;
create table atacc1 (test int);
create table atacc2 (test2 int) inherits (atacc1);
-- ok:
-alter table atacc1 add constraint foo check no inherit (test>0);
+alter table atacc1 add constraint foo check (test>0) no inherit;
-- check constraint is not there on child
insert into atacc2 (test) values (-3);
-- check constraint is there on parent
insert into atacc1 (test) values (-3);
insert into atacc1 (test) values (3);
-- fail, violating row:
-alter table atacc2 add constraint foo check no inherit (test>0);
+alter table atacc2 add constraint foo check (test>0) no inherit;
drop table atacc2;
drop table atacc1;
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/inherit.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/inherit.sql
index 74cb3f09e85..29c1e59fd0a 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/inherit.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/inherit.sql
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ select * from d;
-- Test non-inheritable parent constraints
create table p1(ff1 int);
-alter table p1 add constraint p1chk check no inherit (ff1 > 0);
+alter table p1 add constraint p1chk check (ff1 > 0) no inherit;
alter table p1 add constraint p2chk check (ff1 > 10);
-- connoinherit should be true for NO INHERIT constraint
select pc.relname, pgc.conname, pgc.contype, pgc.conislocal, pgc.coninhcount, pgc.connoinherit from pg_class as pc inner join pg_constraint as pgc on (pgc.conrelid = pc.oid) where pc.relname = 'p1' order by 1,2;