The example for creating a check constraint is missing a comma

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#1PG Bug reporting form
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Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/10/static/sql-createtable.html
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See the example from the documentation for CREATE TABLE below. There should
be a comma before the CONSTRAINT keyword.

CREATE TABLE distributors (
did integer,
name varchar(40)
CONSTRAINT con1 CHECK (did > 100 AND name <> '')
);

#2Tom Lane
tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us
In reply to: PG Bug reporting form (#1)
Re: The example for creating a check constraint is missing a comma

=?utf-8?q?PG_Doc_comments_form?= <noreply@postgresql.org> writes:

See the example from the documentation for CREATE TABLE below. There should
be a comma before the CONSTRAINT keyword.

CREATE TABLE distributors (
did integer,
name varchar(40)
CONSTRAINT con1 CHECK (did > 100 AND name <> '')
);

Hmm ... that example is legal syntax as-is, but considering that the
explanation for it says specifically that it's table-constraint syntax
not column-constraint syntax, I think you're right.

regards, tom lane

#3Neil Anderson
neil@postgrescompare.com
In reply to: Tom Lane (#2)
Re: The example for creating a check constraint is missing a comma

On 2018-02-15 1:47 PM, Tom Lane wrote:

=?utf-8?q?PG_Doc_comments_form?= <noreply@postgresql.org> writes:

See the example from the documentation for CREATE TABLE below. There should
be a comma before the CONSTRAINT keyword.

CREATE TABLE distributors (
did integer,
name varchar(40)
CONSTRAINT con1 CHECK (did > 100 AND name <> '')
);

Hmm ... that example is legal syntax as-is, but considering that the
explanation for it says specifically that it's table-constraint syntax
not column-constraint syntax, I think you're right.

regards, tom lane

Oh yeah! You're right, strictly speaking it does work. I guess I read it
as a table constraint because it's on the next line.

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