Fix error message for ALTER CONSTRAINT ... NOT VALID
authorÁlvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>
Wed, 2 Jul 2025 15:02:27 +0000 (17:02 +0200)
committerÁlvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>
Wed, 2 Jul 2025 15:02:27 +0000 (17:02 +0200)
commitc989affb527d330898e92e6223e2218e702176ed
tree5221a3a1293193588f1b954f0c0e4cf144ea1b4c
parentbd3f59fdb71721921bb0aca7e16d483f72e95779
Fix error message for ALTER CONSTRAINT ... NOT VALID

Trying to alter a constraint so that it becomes NOT VALID results in an
error that assumes the constraint is a foreign key.  This is potentially
wrong, so give a more generic error message.

While at it, give CREATE CONSTRAINT TRIGGER a better error message as
well.

Co-authored-by: jian he <jian.universality@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@oss.nttdata.com>
Co-authored-by: Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>
Co-authored-by: Amul Sul <sulamul@gmail.com>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CACJufxHSp2puxP=q8ZtUGL1F+heapnzqFBZy5ZNGUjUgwjBqTQ@mail.gmail.com
src/backend/parser/gram.y
src/test/regress/expected/constraints.out
src/test/regress/expected/foreign_key.out
src/test/regress/sql/constraints.sql