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author | Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> | 2024-04-07 15:36:08 -0400 |
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committer | Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> | 2024-04-07 15:36:08 -0400 |
commit | e2663a63c3b9459651f9370a971966d4fcfe0332 (patch) | |
tree | e7038db41369304a8187209d78c826f23b2b1c54 /doc/src | |
parent | a9c20c85c73a41d3736f142743fa1a01df1e04b6 (diff) |
Doc: update documentation about EXCLUDE constraint elements.
What the documentation calls an exclude_element is an index_elem
according to gram.y, and it allows all the same options that
a CREATE INDEX column specification does. The COLLATE patch
neglected to update the CREATE/ALTER TABLE docs about that,
and later the opclass-parameters patch made the same oversight.
Add those options to the syntax synopses, and polish the
associated text a bit.
Back-patch to v13 where opclass parameters came in. We could
update v12 with just the COLLATE omission, but it doesn't quite
seem worth the trouble at this point.
Shihao Zhong, reviewed by Daniel Vérité, Shubham Khanna and myself
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAGRkXqShbVyB8E3gapfdtuwiWTiK=Q67Qb9qwxu=+-w0w46EBA@mail.gmail.com
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml | 10 |
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml index 6fd8faf8c82..eee1f4bc771 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml @@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ WITH ( MODULUS <replaceable class="parameter">numeric_literal</replaceable>, REM <phrase><replaceable class="parameter">exclude_element</replaceable> in an <literal>EXCLUDE</literal> constraint is:</phrase> -{ <replaceable class="parameter">column_name</replaceable> | ( <replaceable class="parameter">expression</replaceable> ) } [ <replaceable class="parameter">opclass</replaceable> ] [ ASC | DESC ] [ NULLS { FIRST | LAST } ] +{ <replaceable class="parameter">column_name</replaceable> | ( <replaceable class="parameter">expression</replaceable> ) } [ COLLATE <replaceable class="parameter">collation</replaceable> ] [ <replaceable class="parameter">opclass</replaceable> [ ( <replaceable class="parameter">opclass_parameter</replaceable> = <replaceable class="parameter">value</replaceable> [, ... ] ) ] ] [ ASC | DESC ] [ NULLS { FIRST | LAST } ] <phrase><replaceable class="parameter">referential_action</replaceable> in a <literal>FOREIGN KEY</literal>/<literal>REFERENCES</literal> constraint is:</phrase> diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml index 0301dffa631..8af49908c5a 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml @@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ WITH ( MODULUS <replaceable class="parameter">numeric_literal</replaceable>, REM <phrase><replaceable class="parameter">exclude_element</replaceable> in an <literal>EXCLUDE</literal> constraint is:</phrase> -{ <replaceable class="parameter">column_name</replaceable> | ( <replaceable class="parameter">expression</replaceable> ) } [ <replaceable class="parameter">opclass</replaceable> ] [ ASC | DESC ] [ NULLS { FIRST | LAST } ] +{ <replaceable class="parameter">column_name</replaceable> | ( <replaceable class="parameter">expression</replaceable> ) } [ COLLATE <replaceable class="parameter">collation</replaceable> ] [ <replaceable class="parameter">opclass</replaceable> [ ( <replaceable class="parameter">opclass_parameter</replaceable> = <replaceable class="parameter">value</replaceable> [, ... ] ) ] ] [ ASC | DESC ] [ NULLS { FIRST | LAST } ] <phrase><replaceable class="parameter">referential_action</replaceable> in a <literal>FOREIGN KEY</literal>/<literal>REFERENCES</literal> constraint is:</phrase> @@ -1057,6 +1057,7 @@ WITH ( MODULUS <replaceable class="parameter">numeric_literal</replaceable>, REM no two rows in the table contain overlapping circles (see <xref linkend="datatype-geometric"/>) by using the <literal>&&</literal> operator. + The operator(s) are required to be commutative. </para> <para> @@ -1065,11 +1066,10 @@ WITH ( MODULUS <replaceable class="parameter">numeric_literal</replaceable>, REM appropriate operator class (see <xref linkend="indexes-opclass"/>) for the index access method <replaceable>index_method</replaceable>. - The operators are required to be commutative. Each <replaceable class="parameter">exclude_element</replaceable> - can optionally specify an operator class and/or ordering options; - these are described fully under - <xref linkend="sql-createindex"/>. + defines a column of the index, so it can optionally specify a collation, + an operator class, operator class parameters, and/or ordering options; + these are described fully under <xref linkend="sql-createindex"/>. </para> <para> |