On Tue, Mar 04, 2025 at 07:22:22PM +0100, Álvaro Herrera wrote: > I just discovered that trying to set a foreign key as NO INHERIT in > ALTER TABLE ALTER CONSTRAINT returns an absurd error message: > > create table pk (a int primary key); > create table fk (a int references pk); > > alter table fk alter constraint fk_a_fkey deferrable, alter constraint > fk_a_fkey no inherit; > ERROR: ALTER CONSTRAINT statement constraints cannot be marked NO INHERIT > > The explanation is that somebody misunderstood what must be given to > processCASbits in 2013. The intended message is: > ERROR: FOREIGN KEY constraints cannot be marked NO INHERIT > > Here's the fix along with some additional cleanup.
LGTM -- nathan
