pgsql documentation error ?

From: BRINER Cedric <work(at)infomaniak(dot)ch>
To: postgres <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: pgsql documentation error ?
Date: 2004-05-04 06:59:54
Message-ID: 40973F6A.8080600@infomaniak.ch
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Synopsis

CREATE [ [ LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } ] TABLE /table_name/ (
{ /column_name/ /data_type/ [ DEFAULT /default_expr/ ] [ /column_constraint/ [, ... ] ]
| /table_constraint/ } [, ... ]
)
[ INHERITS ( /parent_table/ [, ... ] ) ]
[ WITH OIDS | WITHOUT OIDS ]

so this means that every column's constrain should be separated by a comma.

but when I create the table:
CREATE TABLE person ( person_id SERIAL CONSTRAINT pk__person__person_id PRIMARY KEY
, guarantor integer CONSTRAINT fk__person__person_id REFERENCES person(person_id)
, firstname varchar(32) CONSTRAINT nn__person__firstname NOT NULL , CONSTRAINT u__person__firstname UNIQUE
, lastname varchar(32) CONSTRAINT nn__person__lastname NOT NULL
, email varchar(64) CONSTRAINT u__person__email UNIQUE
, phone varchar(32) CONSTRAINT u__person__phone UNIQUE);
I get: ERROR: parser: parse error at or near ","

and when I replace in the firstname definition the `,' between the two constraint by a ` ' : it works !
CREATE TABLE person ( person_id SERIAL CONSTRAINT pk__person__person_id PRIMARY KEY
, guarantor integer CONSTRAINT fk__person__person_id REFERENCES person(person_id)
, firstname varchar(32) CONSTRAINT nn__person__firstname NOT NULL CONSTRAINT u__person__firstname UNIQUE
, lastname varchar(32) CONSTRAINT nn__person__lastname NOT NULL
, email varchar(64) CONSTRAINT u__person__email UNIQUE
, phone varchar(32) CONSTRAINT u__person__phone UNIQUE);

Am'I interpreting wrongly the documentation or ... am'I right : )

Regards

Cedric BRINER

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