The following bug has been logged online: Bug reference: 1433 Logged by: craig perras Email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PostgreSQL version: 8.0 release Operating system: win2000 Description: domain check constraint not checked when adding new column Details:
Domain check constraint not checked when adding new column. repro: add domain 'string' of base type text with non-null constraint add column of type 'string' to table with existing rows works; all rows have new column's value set to null expected: error: cannot add column due to non-null constraint in domain 'string' notes: could not insert a new row with non-null value for 'string' column (as expected) trying to add a column of type text with non-null constraint produces expected error message ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match