Re: Be more clear what names can be used for tables with "CREATE TABLE"?

From: "Daniel Westermann (DWE)" <daniel(dot)westermann(at)dbi-services(dot)com>
To: Jürgen Purtz <juergen(at)purtz(dot)de>, "pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Be more clear what names can be used for tables with "CREATE TABLE"?
Date: 2021-10-31 19:48:15
Message-ID: ZR0P278MB09206B60820D51D555F82892D2899@ZR0P278MB0920.CHEP278.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM
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>a) Don't forget: constraint, function, procedure, trigger.

Functions don't count:

postgres=# create function f() returns int as $$ select 1; $$ language sql;
CREATE FUNCTION
postgres=# create table f ( a int );
CREATE TABLE

Procedures and constraints don't count:
postgres=# create procedure p() as $$ declare a int; begin a = 1; end; $$ language plpgsql;
CREATE PROCEDURE
postgres=# create table p ( a int );
CREATE TABLE
postgres=# alter table p add constraint c check ( a > 1 );
ALTER TABLE
postgres=# create table c ( a int );
CREATE TABLE

>b) The hint applies to each of such objects: CREATE [TABLE|VIEW|FUNCTION|...]. To avoid such redundancy we could extend and clarify the definition of 'SQL object / local object / global object' within the glossary and refer to it.

+1

Regards
Daniel

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