Re: Documentation error

From: Richard Guo <guofenglinux(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "Ian R(dot) Campbell" <ian(dot)campbell(at)thepathcentral(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL mailing lists <pgsql-bugs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Documentation error
Date: 2022-10-21 01:05:43
Message-ID: CAMbWs4-V6M7hCdOgU5a0QHiKCywzV83DhP5-EYVWcS-2Fo0nPw@mail.gmail.com
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On Thu, Oct 20, 2022 at 11:32 AM Richard Guo <guofenglinux(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 19, 2022 at 10:07 PM Ian R. Campbell <
> ian(dot)campbell(at)thepathcentral(dot)com> wrote:
>
>> Please see this documentation page:
>> https://www.postgresql.org/about/featurematrix/detail/392/
>>
>> It states, "By default, NULL values are not treated as distinct entries."
>>
>> It should state, "By default, NULL values are treated as distinct
>> entries."
>>
>
> Correct. +1. Good catch.
>

The second sentence in this page is also incorrect.

"Specifying NULLS NOT DISTINCT on unique indexes / constraints will
cause NULL values to be treated distinctly."

It really should be:

"Specifying NULLS NOT DISTINCT on unique indexes / constraints will
cause NULL values to not be treated distinctly."

Thanks
Richard

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