*Question 1: why does "pg_constraint" have a "connamespace" column?*
I created this temporary view (using PG 14.4):
create temporary view all_constraints(t_owner, t_schema, t_name, c_name, same) as
select
r.rolname,
s.nspname,
c.relname,
x.conname,
(x.connamespace = c.relnamespace)
from
pg_class c
inner join
pg_roles r
on c.relowner = r.oid
inner join
pg_namespace s
on c.relnamespace = s.oid
inner join pg_constraint x
on c.oid = x.conrelid
where c.relkind = 'r';
I created three tables, each with a user-created constraint. The tables also have implicitly created primary key constraints.
Then I did this:
select count(*) from all_constraints;
It said that the count is over a hundred. (All but the rows for my three tables are for rows for tables in the "pg_catalog" schema.)
Then I did this:
select exists(select 1 from all_constraints where not same)::text;
It said "false".
Over one hundred seems to be a fair sample size. So it seems to be reasonable to assume that "pg_constraint.connamespace = pg_class.relnamespace" is always true. Ordinary common-sense analysis of the query suggests this too. If the hypothesis is right, then "connamespace" is simply a derived value. And this would be a departure from usual table design practice.
What do you think?
*Question 2: what happened to the column "consrc"?*
The PG 11 account of "pg_constraint"
describes "consrc" (text) thus:
« If a check constraint, a human-readable representation of the expression »
Ad hoc queries in my PG 11.9 env show results like « (v = lower(v)) » in this column for my tables. This is useful information. But the PG 14 version of "pg_constraint" has no such column (and nor does the doc mention it). Is this information now exposed somewhere else?