* hubert depesz lubaczewski: > procedure would look like: > 1. update pg_attribute set attnotnull = true where attrelid = 'my_table'::regclass and attname = 'not-null-column'; > 2. delete from my_table where not-null-column is null; -- this shouldn't > do anything, as I know that there are no null values, but just in > case > 3. pg_reorg of the table. You could install a trigger before step 1 which prevents INSERTs and UPDATEs which would add even more rows violating the constraint. I'm not sure if the DELETE will actually do anything, given that pg_attribute says that the column cannot be NULL. -- Florian Weimer <fweimer@xxxxxx> BFK edv-consulting GmbH http://www.bfk.de/ Kriegsstraße 100 tel: +49-721-96201-1 D-76133 Karlsruhe fax: +49-721-96201-99 -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
