Friday, May 23, 2025

How to find constraints on a table in postgres



SELECT
    con.conname AS constraint_name,
    CASE con.contype
        WHEN 'p' THEN 'PRIMARY KEY'
        WHEN 'u' THEN 'UNIQUE'
        WHEN 'f' THEN 'FOREIGN KEY'
        WHEN 'c' THEN 'CHECK'
        WHEN 'x' THEN 'EXCLUSION'
        ELSE con.contype
    END AS constraint_type,
    rel.relname AS table_name,
    pg_get_constraintdef(con.oid) AS definition
FROM
    pg_constraint con
JOIN
    pg_class rel ON rel.oid = con.conrelid
JOIN
    pg_namespace nsp ON nsp.oid = rel.relnamespace
WHERE
    nsp.nspname = 'owner'
    AND rel.relname = 'table_name'
ORDER BY
    constraint_name;

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