Re: operator exclusion constraints [was: generalized index constraints] - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On Sun, 2009-09-20 at 19:42 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com> writes:
> > I suppose I should just allow any index_elem. The only way I was able to
> > make the grammar for that work is by using a reserved keyword. The
> > possibilities that make the most sense to me are:
> 
> >   index_elem WITH any_operator
> >   index_elem WITH OPERATOR any_operator
> >   index_elem CHECK any_operator
> >   index_elem CHECK OPERATOR any_operator
> 
> > Do any of these look acceptable?
> 
> I'd vote for "CHECK", out of that list.  WITH has no mnemonic value
> whatever.

Using CHECK as part of the syntax of an EXCLUSION constraint will surely
confuse the whole thing with CHECK constraints.

USING OPERATOR is available, I think.