> > 8.4 had this change: > > > > * > > Force child tables to inherit CHECK constraints from parents > > (Alex Hunsaker, Nikhil Sontakke, Tom) > > > You're not the only one who occasionally bangs his head against it. > > Sorry for the occasional head bumps :)
> Yeah. I think it's good that there's a barrier to blindly dropping a > constraint that may be important to have on children, but there should > be a way to override that. > > Hmmm, but then it does open up the possibility of naive users shooting themselves in the foot. It can be easy to conjure up a parent-only-constraint that does not gel too well with its children. And that's precisely why this feature was added in the first place.. Regards, Nikhils