Overview

The pg_get_constraintdef() is a system catalog information function that retrieves the definition of a specific constraint in a human-readable format.

Syntax

The syntax for the pg_get_constraintdef() function is as follows:

pg_get_constraintdef (constraint_oid [, pretty_bool]) → NULL

Parameters

The following parameters are required to execute this function:

  • constraint_oid: specifies the object identifier (OID) of the constraint for which you want to retrieve the definition
  • pretty_bool: controls whether to format the output in a human-readable way

Restrictions

  • This function always returns NULL if there are no parameters specified