Add documentaiotn mention that constraint names can be sentences that

can convey information to clients on constraint violation.
REL8_2_STABLE
Bruce Momjian 20 years ago
parent b06e6f1a9a
commit 9200318972
  1. 7
      doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml

@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml,v 1.96 2005/11/01 21:09:50 tgl Exp $
$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml,v 1.97 2006/01/16 19:50:03 momjian Exp $
PostgreSQL documentation
-->
@ -293,7 +293,10 @@ and <replaceable class="PARAMETER">table_constraint</replaceable> is:
<term><literal>CONSTRAINT <replaceable class="PARAMETER">constraint_name</replaceable></literal></term>
<listitem>
<para>
An optional name for a column or table constraint. If not specified,
An optional name for a column or table constraint. If the
constraint is violated, the constraint name is present in error messages,
so constraint names like "col must be positive" can be used to communicate
helpful constraint information to client applications. If not specified,
the system generates a name.
</para>
</listitem>

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