Re: [GENERAL] CREATE TABLE ... CONSTRAINT

>
> Hi all
>
> I have been using postgreSQL for a while now and it is doing the job
> I want it to. Thank you to all pgsql-hackers for their good job.
>
> I am running a vanilla 6.3.2 installed from
> postgresql-{,clients-,devel-,data-}6.3.2-4.rpm. Some of the problems
> of taht distribution stem from the rpm specfile (for instance, a
> world-writable and world-readable pg_pwd !!) and are not interesting
> for this list.
>
> However, there is one thing which I find annoying:
>
> testdata=> CREATE TABLE test ( number int check ( number > 3 ) );
>
> works fine, but the table is dumped with a different syntax:
>
> CREATE TABLE test (number int4) CONSTRAINT test_number CHECK number > 3;
>
> which is not accepted back:
>
> testdata=> CREATE TABLE test (number int4) CONSTRAINT test_number CHECK number > 3;
> ERROR: parser: parse error at or near "constraint"
>
> Now, the second syntax is standard SQL and the parser should
> recognize it, but in any case at least pg_dump compliance should be
> aimed at.

This is fixed. 6.4 beta is September 1. [ I ought to make this text a
macro.]

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