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Editorialization for the additions to the CREATE TABLE reference page

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made as part of the recent INCLUDING CONSTRAINTS patch. The text could
stand further improvement, but this is at least a step in the right
direction.
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Neil Conway 2006-06-28 22:01:52 +00:00
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<!--
$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml,v 1.101 2006/06/27 03:43:19 momjian Exp $
$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml,v 1.102 2006/06/28 22:01:52 neilc Exp $
PostgreSQL documentation
-->
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<para>
Default expressions for the copied column definitions will only be
copied if <literal>INCLUDING DEFAULTS</literal> is specified. The
default behavior is to exclude default expressions, resulting in
all columns of the new table having null defaults.
default behavior is to exclude default expressions, resulting in the
copied columns in the new table having null defaults.
</para>
<para>
Likewise constraints for the copied column definitions will only be
copied if <literal>INCLUDING CONSTRAINTS</literal> is specified. Note
that currently even when <literal>INCLUDING CONSTRAINTS</literal> is specified
only CHECK constraints are copied. Also, no distinction is made between
column constraints and table constraints -- when constraints are
requested all check constraints are copied.
Not-null constraints are always copied to the new table.
<literal>CHECK</literal> constraints will only be copied if
<literal>INCLUDING CONSTRAINTS</literal> is specified; other types of
constraints will never be copied. Also, no distinction is made between
column constraints and table constraints &mdash; when constraints are
requested, all check constraints are copied.
</para>
<para>
Note also that unlike <literal>INHERITS<literal> copied columns and
Note also that unlike <literal>INHERITS</literal>, copied columns and
constraints are not merged with similarly named columns and constraints.
If the same name is specified explicitly or in another
<literal>LIKE</literal> clause an error is signalled.