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<refentry id="SQL-SET-CONSTRAINTS">
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle id="SQL-SET-CONSTRAINTS-title">SET CONSTRAINTS</refentrytitle>
<refmiscinfo>SQL - Language Statements</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>SET CONSTRAINTS</refname>
<refpurpose>set constraint checking modes for the current transaction</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<indexterm zone="sql-set-constraints">
<primary>SET CONSTRAINTS</primary>
</indexterm>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<synopsis>
SET CONSTRAINTS { ALL | <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable> [, ...] } { DEFERRED | IMMEDIATE }
</synopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para>
<command>SET CONSTRAINTS</command> sets the behavior of constraint
checking within the current transaction. <literal>IMMEDIATE</literal>
constraints are checked at the end of each
statement. <literal>DEFERRED</literal> constraints are not checked until
transaction commit. Each constraint has its own
<literal>IMMEDIATE</literal> or <literal>DEFERRED</literal> mode.
</para>
<para>
Upon creation, a constraint is given one of three
characteristics: <literal>DEFERRABLE INITIALLY DEFERRED</literal>,
<literal>DEFERRABLE INITIALLY IMMEDIATE</literal>, or
<literal>NOT DEFERRABLE</literal>. The third
class is always <literal>IMMEDIATE</literal> and is not affected by the
<command>SET CONSTRAINTS</command> command. The first two classes start
every transaction in the indicated mode, but their behavior can be changed
within a transaction by <command>SET CONSTRAINTS</command>.
</para>
<para>
<command>SET CONSTRAINTS</command> with a list of constraint names changes
the mode of just those constraints (which must all be deferrable). If
there are multiple constraints matching any given name, all are affected.
<command>SET CONSTRAINTS ALL</command> changes the mode of all deferrable
constraints.
</para>
<para>
When <command>SET CONSTRAINTS</command> changes the mode of a constraint
from <literal>DEFERRED</literal>
to <literal>IMMEDIATE</literal>, the new mode takes effect
retroactively: any outstanding data modifications that would have
been checked at the end of the transaction are instead checked during the
execution of the <command>SET CONSTRAINTS</command> command.
If any such constraint is violated, the <command>SET CONSTRAINTS</command>
fails (and does not change the constraint mode). Thus, <command>SET
CONSTRAINTS</command> can be used to force checking of constraints to
occur at a specific point in a transaction.
</para>
<para>
Currently, only foreign key constraints are affected by this
setting. Check and unique constraints are always effectively
not deferrable.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Notes</title>
<para>
This command only alters the behavior of constraints within the
current transaction. Thus, if you execute this command outside of a
transaction block
(<command>BEGIN</command>/<command>COMMIT</command> pair), it will
not appear to have any effect.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Compatibility</title>
<para>
This command complies with the behavior defined in the SQL
standard, except for the limitation that, in
<productname>PostgreSQL</productname>, it only applies to
foreign-key constraints.
</para>
<para>
The SQL standard says that constraint names appearing in <command>SET
CONSTRAINTS</command> can be schema-qualified. This is not yet
supported by <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>: the names must
be unqualified, and all constraints matching the command will be
affected no matter which schema they are in.
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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