Re: [HACKERS] message for constraint

I have added the following documentation addition to suggest this usage
for constraint names.

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Jaime Casanova wrote:
> On 1/14/06, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> wrote:
> > Jaime Casanova wrote:
> > > From time to time people ask me if there is a way to "customize"
> > > messages for constraints so they could be more informative to the
> > > user...
> >
> > What about this?
> >
> > => create table foo (fld int4 constraint "fld must contain positive numbers" check (fld > 0));
> > CREATE TABLE
> > => insert into foo values (-5);
> > ERROR: new row for relation "foo" violates check constraint "fld must contain positive numbers"
> >
> > --
> > Peter Eisentraut
> > http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/
> >
>
> ok, i didn't know you can use such names...
>
> --
> regards,
> Jaime Casanova
> (DBA: DataBase Aniquilator ;)
>
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