Before drafting a database migration, query the live schema (information_schema.columns, pg_constraint, pg_policies) and read the actual state. Migration files on disk are design-time documents that can go stale; the live database is the implementation that counts. Following an obsolete file pattern produces migrations that either fail at parse time or — worse — silently break queries at runtime.
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