检查约束必须是确定性的.也就是说,特定行必须始终满足约束,否则它必须始终无法满足约束.但是,由于返回值不断变化,因此SYSDATE本质上是不确定的.因此,您无法定义调用SYSDATE或任何其他用户定义函数的CHECK约束.
如果您尝试在约束定义中引用SYSDATE,则会出现错误
sql> ed
Wrote file afiedt.buf
1 create table t(
2 birth_date date check( birth_date between date '1900-01-01' and
3 sysdate )
4* )
sql> /
sysdate )
*
ERROR at line 3:
ORA-02436: date or system variable wrongly specified in CHECK constraint
您可以创建一个CHECK约束,其中最小和最大日期都是硬编码的,但这不是特别实用,因为您必须不断删除并重新创建约束.
sql> ed
Wrote file afiedt.buf
1 create table t(
2 birth_date date check( birth_date between date '1900-01-01' and
3 date '2011-12-08' )
4* )
sql> /
Table created.
强制执行此类要求的实际方法是在表上创建触发器
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER check_birth_date
BEFORE INSERT OR UPDATE ON employee
FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
IF( :new.emp_dob < date '1900-01-01' or
:new.emp_dob > sysdate )
THEN
RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR(
-20001,'EMployee date of birth must be later than Jan 1,1900 and earlier than today' );
END IF;
END;