From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | LeoDeBeo <leodebeo(at)hotmail(dot)com> |
Cc: | pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: create table |
Date: | 2001-05-04 22:43:40 |
Message-ID: | 1835.989016220@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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LeoDeBeo <leodebeo(at)hotmail(dot)com> writes:
> i don't understand what the curly brace means after PRIMARY KEY (where is
> the other matching brace?
Typo. Try more recent versions of the docs. 7.1 says
CREATE [ TEMPORARY | TEMP ] TABLE table_name (
{ column_name type [ column_constraint [ ... ] ]
| table_constraint } [, ... ]
) [ INHERITS ( inherited_table [, ... ] ) ]
where column_constraint can be:
[ CONSTRAINT constraint_name ]
{ NOT NULL | NULL | UNIQUE | PRIMARY KEY | DEFAULT value | CHECK (condition) |
REFERENCES table [ ( column ) ] [ MATCH FULL | MATCH PARTIAL ]
[ ON DELETE action ] [ ON UPDATE action ]
[ DEFERRABLE | NOT DEFERRABLE ] [ INITIALLY DEFERRED | INITIALLY IMMEDIATE ]
}
and table_constraint can be:
[ CONSTRAINT constraint_name ]
{ UNIQUE ( column_name [, ... ] ) |
PRIMARY KEY ( column_name [, ... ] ) |
CHECK ( condition ) |
FOREIGN KEY ( column_name [, ... ] ) REFERENCES table [ ( column [, ... ] ) ]
[ MATCH FULL | MATCH PARTIAL ] [ ON DELETE action ] [ ON UPDATE action ]
[ DEFERRABLE | NOT DEFERRABLE ] [ INITIALLY DEFERRED | INITIALLY IMMEDIATE ]
}
The curly braces are just for grouping in cases where it'd not be clear
how far the alternatives are supposed to extend.
regards, tom lane
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