44000ERRORTier 2 — Caution✅ HIGH confidence

WITH CHECK OPTION violation

Category: WITH CHECK OPTION ViolationVersions: All Postgres versions

What this means

SQLSTATE 44000 is raised when an INSERT or UPDATE through a view violates the WITH CHECK OPTION constraint — the row being written would not be visible through the view after the operation.

Why it happens

1INSERT into a view with WITH CHECK OPTION where the new row does not satisfy the view filter
2UPDATE through a view with WITH CHECK OPTION that moves the row out of the view visible set

How to reproduce

INSERT through a view with CHECK OPTION.

trigger — this will ERROR

CREATE VIEW active_employees AS
  SELECT * FROM employees WHERE status = 'active'
  WITH CHECK OPTION;

INSERT INTO active_employees (name, status)
VALUES ('Bob', 'inactive'); -- violates CHECK OPTION

ERROR: new row violates check option for view "active_employees"

Fix 1: Ensure inserted/updated rows satisfy the view filter

When writing through a view with CHECK OPTION.

fix

INSERT INTO active_employees (name, status)
VALUES ('Bob', 'active'); -- satisfies status = 'active' filter

Why this works

The row must satisfy the view WHERE condition after the write. With CHECK OPTION prevents writing rows that would be invisible through the view.

Fix 2: Remove WITH CHECK OPTION if filtering is not required

When the view is used for access control but check filtering is not needed.

fix

CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW active_employees AS
  SELECT * FROM employees WHERE status = 'active';
  -- no WITH CHECK OPTION

Why this works

Without CHECK OPTION, inserts and updates through the view are not validated against the view filter.

Sources

📚 Official docs: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/errcodes-appendix.html

📚 Feature docs: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-createview.html

🔧 Source ref: Class 44 — WITH CHECK OPTION Violation

Confidence assessment

✅ HIGH confidence

Standard SQLSTATE for WITH CHECK OPTION violations. Stable across all Postgres versions.