Re: CREATE TABLE .. LIKE .. EXCLUDING documentation

From: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: Yugo Nagata <nagata(at)sraoss(dot)co(dot)jp>, "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: CREATE TABLE .. LIKE .. EXCLUDING documentation
Date: 2018-06-29 13:49:10
Message-ID: B3A6CB65-3E28-47CE-97AF-FCEAA44600A6@yesql.se
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> On 29 Jun 2018, at 15:42, Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
>
> While we're here, do people find this useful:
>
> <para>
> <literal>INCLUDING ALL</literal> is an abbreviated form of
> <literal>INCLUDING COMMENTS INCLUDING CONSTRAINTS INCLUDING
> DEFAULTS INCLUDING IDENTITY INCLUDING INDEXES INCLUDING STATISTICS
> INCLUDING STORAGE</literal>.
> </para>
>
> Maybe something more like "... is an abbreviated form selecting all the
> available individual options”.

While quite a mouthful, I do find the former quite clear. Your suggestion
clearly reads better, but I would personally scroll back up to the Synopsis to
see the list if it wasn't easily available in the paragraph (but that’s all
personal preference).

cheers ./daniel

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