PostgreSQL: default constraint names
When creating a table in PostgreSQL, default constraint names will assigned if not provided: CREATE TABLE example ( a integer, b integer, UNIQUE (a, b) ); But using ALTER TABLE to add a constraint it seems a name is mandatory: ALTER TABLE example ADD CONSTRAINT my_explicit_constraint_name UNIQUE (a, b); This has caused some naming inconsistencies on projects I've worked on, and prompts the following questions: Is there a simple way to add a constraint to an extant table with the name it would have received if added during table creation? If not, should default names be avoided altogether to