begin; update credential_vault_credential set external_id = concat(external_id, u&'\ffff') where wt_is_sentinel(external_id) and not starts_with(reverse(external_id), u&'\ffff'); alter domain wt_sentinel drop constraint wt_sentinel_not_valid; drop function wt_is_sentinel; create function wt_is_sentinel(string text) returns bool as $$ select starts_with(string, u&'\fffe') and starts_with(reverse(string), u&'\ffff'); $$ language sql immutable returns null on null input; comment on function wt_is_sentinel is 'wt_is_sentinel returns true if string is a sentinel value'; alter domain wt_sentinel add constraint wt_sentinel_not_valid check( wt_is_sentinel(value) or length(trim(trailing u&'\ffff' from trim(leading u&'\fffe ' from value))) > 0 ); comment on domain wt_sentinel is 'A non-empty string with a Unicode prefix of U+FFFE and suffix of U+FFFF to indicate it is a sentinel value'; drop function wt_to_sentinel; -- wt_to_sentinel is not needed, dropping and not re-creating commit;