diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml
index 2609d4a8ea..7ee0aa8ca0 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ ALTER TABLE [ IF EXISTS ] name
ALTER [ COLUMN ] column_name SET STORAGE { PLAIN | EXTERNAL | EXTENDED | MAIN }
ADD table_constraint [ NOT VALID ]
ADD table_constraint_using_index
- ALTER CONSTRAINT constraint_name [ DEFERRABLE | NOT DEFERRABLE ] [ INITIALLY DEFERRED | INITIALLY IMMEDIATE ]
VALIDATE CONSTRAINT constraint_name
DROP CONSTRAINT [ IF EXISTS ] constraint_name [ RESTRICT | CASCADE ]
DISABLE TRIGGER [ trigger_name | ALL | USER ]
@@ -317,16 +316,6 @@ ALTER TABLE [ IF EXISTS ] name
-
- ALTER CONSTRAINT
-
-
- This form alters the attributes of a constraint that was previously
- created. Currently only foreign key constraints may be altered.
-
-
-
-
VALIDATE CONSTRAINT
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c b/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c
index b15cda60f8..8294b29b28 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c
@@ -275,8 +275,6 @@ static void AlterIndexNamespaces(Relation classRel, Relation rel,
static void AlterSeqNamespaces(Relation classRel, Relation rel,
Oid oldNspOid, Oid newNspOid, ObjectAddresses *objsMoved,
LOCKMODE lockmode);
-static void ATExecAlterConstraint(Relation rel, AlterTableCmd *cmd,
- bool recurse, bool recursing, LOCKMODE lockmode);
static void ATExecValidateConstraint(Relation rel, char *constrName,
bool recurse, bool recursing, LOCKMODE lockmode);
static int transformColumnNameList(Oid relId, List *colList,
@@ -2888,7 +2886,6 @@ AlterTableGetLockLevel(List *cmds)
case AT_SetOptions:
case AT_ResetOptions:
case AT_SetStorage:
- case AT_AlterConstraint:
case AT_ValidateConstraint:
cmd_lockmode = ShareUpdateExclusiveLock;
break;
@@ -3127,9 +3124,6 @@ ATPrepCmd(List **wqueue, Relation rel, AlterTableCmd *cmd,
ATPrepAddInherit(rel);
pass = AT_PASS_MISC;
break;
- case AT_AlterConstraint: /* ALTER CONSTRAINT */
- ATSimplePermissions(rel, ATT_TABLE);
- break;
case AT_ValidateConstraint: /* VALIDATE CONSTRAINT */
ATSimplePermissions(rel, ATT_TABLE);
/* Recursion occurs during execution phase */
@@ -3308,9 +3302,6 @@ ATExecCmd(List **wqueue, AlteredTableInfo *tab, Relation rel,
case AT_AddIndexConstraint: /* ADD CONSTRAINT USING INDEX */
ATExecAddIndexConstraint(tab, rel, (IndexStmt *) cmd->def, lockmode);
break;
- case AT_AlterConstraint: /* ALTER CONSTRAINT */
- ATExecAlterConstraint(rel, cmd, false, false, lockmode);
- break;
case AT_ValidateConstraint: /* VALIDATE CONSTRAINT */
ATExecValidateConstraint(rel, cmd->name, false, false, lockmode);
break;
@@ -6182,135 +6173,6 @@ ATAddForeignKeyConstraint(AlteredTableInfo *tab, Relation rel,
heap_close(pkrel, NoLock);
}
-/*
- * ALTER TABLE ALTER CONSTRAINT
- *
- * Update the attributes of a constraint.
- *
- * Currently only works for Foreign Key constraints.
- * Foreign keys do not inherit, so we purposely ignore the
- * recursion bit here, but we keep the API the same for when
- * other constraint types are supported.
- */
-static void
-ATExecAlterConstraint(Relation rel, AlterTableCmd *cmd,
- bool recurse, bool recursing, LOCKMODE lockmode)
-{
- Relation conrel;
- SysScanDesc scan;
- ScanKeyData key;
- HeapTuple contuple;
- Form_pg_constraint currcon = NULL;
- Constraint *cmdcon = NULL;
- bool found = false;
-
- Assert(IsA(cmd->def, Constraint));
- cmdcon = (Constraint *) cmd->def;
-
- conrel = heap_open(ConstraintRelationId, RowExclusiveLock);
-
- /*
- * Find and check the target constraint
- */
- ScanKeyInit(&key,
- Anum_pg_constraint_conrelid,
- BTEqualStrategyNumber, F_OIDEQ,
- ObjectIdGetDatum(RelationGetRelid(rel)));
- scan = systable_beginscan(conrel, ConstraintRelidIndexId,
- true, SnapshotNow, 1, &key);
-
- while (HeapTupleIsValid(contuple = systable_getnext(scan)))
- {
- currcon = (Form_pg_constraint) GETSTRUCT(contuple);
- if (strcmp(NameStr(currcon->conname), cmdcon->conname) == 0)
- {
- found = true;
- break;
- }
- }
-
- if (!found)
- ereport(ERROR,
- (errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_OBJECT),
- errmsg("constraint \"%s\" of relation \"%s\" does not exist",
- cmdcon->conname, RelationGetRelationName(rel))));
-
- if (currcon->contype != CONSTRAINT_FOREIGN)
- ereport(ERROR,
- (errcode(ERRCODE_WRONG_OBJECT_TYPE),
- errmsg("constraint \"%s\" of relation \"%s\" is not a foreign key constraint",
- cmdcon->conname, RelationGetRelationName(rel))));
-
- if (currcon->condeferrable != cmdcon->deferrable ||
- currcon->condeferred != cmdcon->initdeferred)
- {
- HeapTuple copyTuple;
- HeapTuple tgtuple;
- Form_pg_constraint copy_con;
- Form_pg_trigger copy_tg;
- ScanKeyData tgkey;
- SysScanDesc tgscan;
- Relation tgrel;
-
- /*
- * Now update the catalog, while we have the door open.
- */
- copyTuple = heap_copytuple(contuple);
- copy_con = (Form_pg_constraint) GETSTRUCT(copyTuple);
- copy_con->condeferrable = cmdcon->deferrable;
- copy_con->condeferred = cmdcon->initdeferred;
- simple_heap_update(conrel, ©Tuple->t_self, copyTuple);
- CatalogUpdateIndexes(conrel, copyTuple);
-
- InvokeObjectPostAlterHook(ConstraintRelationId,
- HeapTupleGetOid(contuple), 0);
-
- heap_freetuple(copyTuple);
-
- /*
- * Now we need to update the multiple entries in pg_trigger
- * that implement the constraint.
- */
- tgrel = heap_open(TriggerRelationId, RowExclusiveLock);
-
- ScanKeyInit(&tgkey,
- Anum_pg_trigger_tgconstraint,
- BTEqualStrategyNumber, F_OIDEQ,
- ObjectIdGetDatum(HeapTupleGetOid(contuple)));
-
- tgscan = systable_beginscan(tgrel, TriggerConstraintIndexId, true,
- SnapshotNow, 1, &tgkey);
-
- while (HeapTupleIsValid(tgtuple = systable_getnext(tgscan)))
- {
- copyTuple = heap_copytuple(tgtuple);
- copy_tg = (Form_pg_trigger) GETSTRUCT(copyTuple);
- copy_tg->tgdeferrable = cmdcon->deferrable;
- copy_tg->tginitdeferred = cmdcon->initdeferred;
- simple_heap_update(tgrel, ©Tuple->t_self, copyTuple);
- CatalogUpdateIndexes(tgrel, copyTuple);
-
- InvokeObjectPostAlterHook(TriggerRelationId,
- HeapTupleGetOid(tgtuple), 0);
-
- heap_freetuple(copyTuple);
- }
-
- systable_endscan(tgscan);
-
- heap_close(tgrel, RowExclusiveLock);
-
- /*
- * Invalidate relcache so that others see the new attributes.
- */
- CacheInvalidateRelcache(rel);
- }
-
- systable_endscan(scan);
-
- heap_close(conrel, RowExclusiveLock);
-}
-
/*
* ALTER TABLE VALIDATE CONSTRAINT
*
diff --git a/src/backend/parser/gram.y b/src/backend/parser/gram.y
index 5e7db52ceb..5094226750 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/gram.y
+++ b/src/backend/parser/gram.y
@@ -1941,21 +1941,6 @@ alter_table_cmd:
n->def = $2;
$$ = (Node *)n;
}
- /* ALTER TABLE ALTER CONSTRAINT ... */
- | ALTER CONSTRAINT name ConstraintAttributeSpec
- {
- AlterTableCmd *n = makeNode(AlterTableCmd);
- Constraint *c = makeNode(Constraint);
- n->subtype = AT_AlterConstraint;
- n->def = (Node *) c;
- c->contype = CONSTR_FOREIGN; /* others not supported, yet */
- c->conname = $3;
- processCASbits($4, @4, "ALTER CONSTRAINT statement",
- &c->deferrable,
- &c->initdeferred,
- NULL, NULL, yyscanner);
- $$ = (Node *)n;
- }
/* ALTER TABLE VALIDATE CONSTRAINT ... */
| VALIDATE CONSTRAINT name
{
diff --git a/src/include/nodes/parsenodes.h b/src/include/nodes/parsenodes.h
index 9453e1dfdf..6723647e2e 100644
--- a/src/include/nodes/parsenodes.h
+++ b/src/include/nodes/parsenodes.h
@@ -1209,7 +1209,6 @@ typedef enum AlterTableType
AT_AddConstraint, /* add constraint */
AT_AddConstraintRecurse, /* internal to commands/tablecmds.c */
AT_ReAddConstraint, /* internal to commands/tablecmds.c */
- AT_AlterConstraint, /* alter constraint */
AT_ValidateConstraint, /* validate constraint */
AT_ValidateConstraintRecurse, /* internal to commands/tablecmds.c */
AT_ProcessedConstraint, /* pre-processed add constraint (local in
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/foreign_key.out b/src/test/regress/expected/foreign_key.out
index 0299bfe873..04668a8886 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/foreign_key.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/foreign_key.out
@@ -1132,15 +1132,6 @@ CREATE TEMP TABLE fktable (
id int primary key,
fk int references pktable deferrable initially deferred
);
--- check ALTER CONSTRAINT
-ALTER TABLE fktable ALTER CONSTRAINT fktable_fk_fkey NOT DEFERRABLE;
--- illegal option
-ALTER TABLE fktable ALTER CONSTRAINT fktable_fk_fkey NOT DEFERRABLE INITIALLY DEFERRED;
-ERROR: constraint declared INITIALLY DEFERRED must be DEFERRABLE
-LINE 1: ...e ALTER CONSTRAINT fktable_fk_fkey NOT DEFERRABLE INITIALLY ...
- ^
--- reset
-ALTER TABLE fktable ALTER CONSTRAINT fktable_fk_fkey DEFERRABLE INITIALLY DEFERRED;
INSERT INTO pktable VALUES (5, 10);
BEGIN;
-- doesn't match PK, but no error yet
@@ -1151,16 +1142,6 @@ UPDATE fktable SET id = id + 1;
COMMIT;
ERROR: insert or update on table "fktable" violates foreign key constraint "fktable_fk_fkey"
DETAIL: Key (fk)=(20) is not present in table "pktable".
--- change the constraint definition and retest
-ALTER TABLE fktable ALTER CONSTRAINT fktable_fk_fkey DEFERRABLE INITIALLY IMMEDIATE;
-BEGIN;
--- doesn't match PK, should throw error now
-INSERT INTO fktable VALUES (0, 20);
-ERROR: insert or update on table "fktable" violates foreign key constraint "fktable_fk_fkey"
-DETAIL: Key (fk)=(20) is not present in table "pktable".
-COMMIT;
--- reset
-ALTER TABLE fktable ALTER CONSTRAINT fktable_fk_fkey DEFERRABLE INITIALLY DEFERRED;
-- check same case when insert is in a different subtransaction than update
BEGIN;
-- doesn't match PK, but no error yet
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/foreign_key.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/foreign_key.sql
index 531c881f63..377b36c226 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/foreign_key.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/foreign_key.sql
@@ -818,13 +818,6 @@ CREATE TEMP TABLE fktable (
fk int references pktable deferrable initially deferred
);
--- check ALTER CONSTRAINT
-ALTER TABLE fktable ALTER CONSTRAINT fktable_fk_fkey NOT DEFERRABLE;
--- illegal option
-ALTER TABLE fktable ALTER CONSTRAINT fktable_fk_fkey NOT DEFERRABLE INITIALLY DEFERRED;
--- reset
-ALTER TABLE fktable ALTER CONSTRAINT fktable_fk_fkey DEFERRABLE INITIALLY DEFERRED;
-
INSERT INTO pktable VALUES (5, 10);
BEGIN;
@@ -838,19 +831,6 @@ UPDATE fktable SET id = id + 1;
-- should catch error from initial INSERT
COMMIT;
--- change the constraint definition and retest
-ALTER TABLE fktable ALTER CONSTRAINT fktable_fk_fkey DEFERRABLE INITIALLY IMMEDIATE;
-
-BEGIN;
-
--- doesn't match PK, should throw error now
-INSERT INTO fktable VALUES (0, 20);
-
-COMMIT;
-
--- reset
-ALTER TABLE fktable ALTER CONSTRAINT fktable_fk_fkey DEFERRABLE INITIALLY DEFERRED;
-
-- check same case when insert is in a different subtransaction than update
BEGIN;