On Fri, Sep 10, 2021 at 01:26:46PM -0400, Gus Spier wrote: > Would it help to create a new not null column in the target table, and > then update the table by copying values from old column to the new, > not null column? Of course you’d have to ignore errors, etc. but > wouldn’t that perform at enough for your needs? Why would you think that adding new column, with constraint, and copying data would be faster? depesz