Re: BUG #16386: drop contraint in inherited table is missing inpg_dump backup

On 2020-Apr-24, Euler Taveira wrote:

> On Fri, 24 Apr 2020 at 07:09, PG Bug reporting form 
> wrote:
> 
> > create table b (aaa int primary key,bb date );
> > create table A (id int primary key) inherits (B);
> > alter table a alter column aaa drop not null;
> >
> > after i made pg_dump and pg_restore the not null contraint isexist on table
> > a;
> >
> It does not make sense to exclude a not null constraint on an inherited
> table because column "aaa" can be null in table "a" but a SELECT in table
> "b" will return a NULL for a primary key (ugh). It is just one of the ways
> to shoot yourself in the foot. If you check CREATE TABLE synopsis, there
> isn't NO INHERIT for not null constraints. Maybe it is worth adding a note
> in CREATE TABLE.

I agree with your analysis, but in that case we should make the DROP NOT
NULL throw an error instead of proceeding.

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