diff --git a/sql/appearances.sql b/sql/appearances.sql
index 082af8d..f4b6436 100644
--- a/sql/appearances.sql
+++ b/sql/appearances.sql
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
 
 pragma foreign_keys = 0;
+-- check constraints are disabled for this file because the G_of constraint fails for a lot of records and i don't feel like correcting it right now
+pragma ignore_check_constraints = 1;
 
 begin;
 attach database 'lahman-raw.db' as 'raw';
@@ -122,8 +124,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS "appearances" (
 	"G_lf"	NUMERIC	check ("G_lf" <= "G_all"),
 	"G_cf"	NUMERIC	check ("G_cf" <= "G_all"),
 	"G_rf"	NUMERIC	check ("G_rf" <= "G_all"),
-	-- there should be a G_of <= G_all constraint, but there's a lot of rows that fail and i don't feel like correcting them right now
-	"G_of"	NUMERIC,
+	"G_of"	NUMERIC	check ("G_of" <= "G_all"),
 	"G_dh"	NUMERIC	check ("G_dh" <= "G_all"),
 	"G_ph"	NUMERIC	check ("G_ph" <= "G_all"),
 	"G_pr"	NUMERIC	check ("G_pr" <= "G_all"),
diff --git a/sql/halloffame.sql b/sql/halloffame.sql
index dfdf5fb..0c37a2c 100644
--- a/sql/halloffame.sql
+++ b/sql/halloffame.sql
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
 
 pragma foreign_keys = 0;
+-- checks are disabled because there's a check for if inducted is Y or N, but there are too many rows i don't feel like correcting right now
+pragma ignore_check_constraints = 1;
 
 begin;
 attach database 'lahman-raw.db' as 'raw';
@@ -44,8 +46,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS main."halloffame" (
 	"ballots"	TEXT,
 	"needed"	TEXT,
 	"votes"	NUMERIC,
-	-- we could have a check for if inducted is Y or N, but there are too many rows i don't feel like correcting right now
-	"inducted"	TEXT,
+	"inducted"	TEXT	check ("inducted" in ('Y','N')),
 	"category"	TEXT,
 	"needed_note"	text,
 	PRIMARY KEY("player","year","votedBy")