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This patch fixes a minor inaccuracy in the documentation: NOT NULL is

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not synonymous with CHECK (xxx IS NOT NULL) -- for example, consider
ALTER TABLE ADD PRIMARY KEY, which checks for 'NOT NULL', not a check
constraint.

Neil Conway
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Bruce Momjian
2002-09-02 06:20:53 +00:00
parent f1c1685b39
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doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
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<!-- <!--
$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml,v 1.55 2002/05/18 15:44:47 petere Exp $ $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml,v 1.56 2002/09/02 06:20:53 momjian Exp $
PostgreSQL documentation PostgreSQL documentation
--> -->
@ -247,9 +247,7 @@ and <replaceable class="PARAMETER">table_constraint</replaceable> is:
<term><literal>NOT NULL</></term> <term><literal>NOT NULL</></term>
<listitem> <listitem>
<para> <para>
The column is not allowed to contain NULL values. This is The column is not allowed to contain NULL values.
equivalent to the column constraint <literal>CHECK (<replaceable
class="PARAMETER">column</replaceable> NOT NULL)</literal>.
</para> </para>
</listitem> </listitem>
</varlistentry> </varlistentry>