Difference between revisions of "SET CHECK Column Constraint"

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Revision as of 16:24, 9 December 2009

Purpose

Column constraint to validate a change to the value of a column


Syntax

SET CHECK <condition>


See Also

ALTER TABLE, CONSTRAINTS, CREATE TABLE


Description

A constraint is used to define rules that help to provide data integrity. Column constraints are specific to the column name specified. You must have ALTER privilege on the table. The table will be locked for EXCLUSIVE use during the operation.

The SET CHECK column constraint is used to validate any changes made to the value of a column. The <condition> specified must evaluate to True (.T.) for the modification operation to succeed. If the <condition> evaluates to False (.F.) the column value remains unchanged and the ERROR column constraint message is displayed. If the ERROR column constraint has not been defined, a default error message is displayed.


Example

set sql to recital
exec sql
ALTER TABLE customer ALTER COLUMN timeref SET CHECK validtime(timeref);
use customer
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Products

Recital, Recital Server