Re: Foreign Keys being able to reference same table not spelled out in documentation

From: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: maweki(at)gmail(dot)com, Pg Docs <pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Foreign Keys being able to reference same table not spelled out in documentation
Date: 2021-05-06 04:17:05
Message-ID: CAKFQuwZTke7+HUn4YUGqu2+gAPi4Cy18TXMrg_Z5nADkxfPNMw@mail.gmail.com
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On Thu, Apr 29, 2021 at 10:33 AM Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

> I'm inclined to propose adding an example a little further down, as
> per the attached draft patch. This wouldn't help people who stop
> reading after the section's first sentence, but we can't cover
> everything in the first sentence.
>
>
Given the tutorial nature of this section I agree with the approach.

I did a read through of the patch and I like it; though I suggest changing
"but non-NULL" to "while non-NULL".

Thanks!

David J.

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