> BTW. There are good reasons sometimes for having data that violates > current constraints. The top of a tree may have a static record with > a null parent. The NOT NULL constraint added after this entry (via > alter table add constraint) should not affect the static record, so > unless you know your data quite well this type of tool wouldn't be > particularly useful anyway.
As far as I am aware, there is no alter table add constraint syntax for NOT NULLs atm. I've submitted a patch that allows alter table/alter column set/drop not null though. Chris ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly