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(at)postgresql(dot)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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