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| − | + | ALTER TABLE customer; | |
| − | + | ADD COLUMN timeref CHAR(8); | |
| − | ALTER TABLE customer ADD COLUMN timeref | + | CHECK validtime(timeref); |
| − | ERROR "Not a valid time string" | + | ERROR "Not a valid time string" |
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==Products== | ==Products== | ||
| − | Recital | + | Recital, Recital Server |
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Latest revision as of 11:19, 22 December 2009
Purpose
Column constraint to validate a change to the value of a column
Syntax
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 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
ALTER TABLE customer; ADD COLUMN timeref CHAR(8); CHECK validtime(timeref); ERROR "Not a valid time string"
Products
Recital, Recital Server
