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Enforce non-nullability on a column.

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Section: Schemas, Tables, and Core DDL

Set NOT NULL

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ALTER TABLE public.users ALTER COLUMN email SET NOT NULL;
Explanation

Existing rows must already satisfy the constraint.

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