On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 09:52:14AM -0400, Rod Taylor wrote:
> On Thu, 2003-06-19 at 09:40, Tom Lane wrote:
> Do we want them to? If we don't mind them being executed, it is far
> easier to:
>
> - alter table structure
> - Add all new constraints (without confirming their correctness at that
> time)
> - update table contents via an SPI call to UPDATE WHERE <column> IS NULL
Sorry, I haven't read the spec, but what happens when there is a default
value already and it's not NULL? Are tuples where column = default
updated? Are tuples where column IS NULL updated?
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