Thread: VERY SMALL DOC BUG: http://www.postgresql.org/idocs/index.php?sql-createtable.html

Hi,

In document
http://www.postgresql.org/idocs/index.php?sql-createtable.html

it says (Parameters, third section):

NOT NULL
     The column is not allowed to contain NULL values. This is
equivalent to the column constraint CHECK (column NOT NULL).

At the end it must say:

CHECK (column IS NOT NULL).
              ^^

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kind regards,
janning

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Looks like this is already fixed in 7.3, due out in a few months:

    A not-null constraint is always written as a column constraint.  A
    not-null constraint is equivalent to creating a check constraint
    <literal>CHECK (<replaceable>column_name</replaceable> IS NOT
    NULL)</literal>, but in <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>

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Janning Vygen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In document
> http://www.postgresql.org/idocs/index.php?sql-createtable.html
>
> it says (Parameters, third section):
>
> NOT NULL
>      The column is not allowed to contain NULL values. This is
> equivalent to the column constraint CHECK (column NOT NULL).
>
> At the end it must say:
>
> CHECK (column IS NOT NULL).
>               ^^
>
> thanks for maintaining/developing postgresql!! Great database!
>
> kind regards,
> janning
>
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> Herzogstra?e 86
> 40215 D?sseldorf
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> fon 0211-6015919
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