doc: Small improvement in CREATE TABLE / PERIOD documentation
authorPeter Eisentraut <[email protected]>
Wed, 13 Nov 2024 07:51:23 +0000 (08:51 +0100)
committerPeter Eisentraut <[email protected]>
Wed, 13 Nov 2024 07:51:23 +0000 (08:51 +0100)
Use placeholders that are more consistent and match the description
better.  Fixup for commit 89f908a6d0a.

doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml

index dd83b07d65f0d3b46ca3ab174908b3de1c815cc8..6262533c57ba25c62502b58c6cff46dab45122e9 100644 (file)
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
   UNIQUE [ NULLS [ NOT ] DISTINCT ] ( <replaceable class="parameter">column_name</replaceable> [, ... ] [, <replaceable class="parameter">column_name</replaceable> WITHOUT OVERLAPS ] ) <replaceable class="parameter">index_parameters</replaceable> |
   PRIMARY KEY ( <replaceable class="parameter">column_name</replaceable> [, ... ] [, <replaceable class="parameter">column_name</replaceable> WITHOUT OVERLAPS ] ) <replaceable class="parameter">index_parameters</replaceable> |
   EXCLUDE [ USING <replaceable class="parameter">index_method</replaceable> ] ( <replaceable class="parameter">exclude_element</replaceable> WITH <replaceable class="parameter">operator</replaceable> [, ... ] ) <replaceable class="parameter">index_parameters</replaceable> [ WHERE ( <replaceable class="parameter">predicate</replaceable> ) ] |
-  FOREIGN KEY ( <replaceable class="parameter">column_name</replaceable> [, ... ] [, PERIOD <replaceable class="parameter">column_name</replaceable> ] ) REFERENCES <replaceable class="parameter">reftable</replaceable> [ ( <replaceable class="parameter">refcolumn</replaceable> [, ... ] [, PERIOD <replaceable class="parameter">column_name</replaceable> ] ) ]
+  FOREIGN KEY ( <replaceable class="parameter">column_name</replaceable> [, ... ] [, PERIOD <replaceable class="parameter">column_name</replaceable> ] ) REFERENCES <replaceable class="parameter">reftable</replaceable> [ ( <replaceable class="parameter">refcolumn</replaceable> [, ... ] [, PERIOD <replaceable class="parameter">refcolumn</replaceable> ] ) ]
     [ MATCH FULL | MATCH PARTIAL | MATCH SIMPLE ] [ ON DELETE <replaceable
 class="parameter">referential_action</replaceable> ] [ ON UPDATE <replaceable class="parameter">referential_action</replaceable> ] }
 [ DEFERRABLE | NOT DEFERRABLE ] [ INITIALLY DEFERRED | INITIALLY IMMEDIATE ]
@@ -1165,7 +1165,7 @@ WITH ( MODULUS <replaceable class="parameter">numeric_literal</replaceable>, REM
     <term><literal>REFERENCES <replaceable class="parameter">reftable</replaceable> [ ( <replaceable class="parameter">refcolumn</replaceable> ) ] [ MATCH <replaceable class="parameter">matchtype</replaceable> ] [ ON DELETE <replaceable class="parameter">referential_action</replaceable> ] [ ON UPDATE <replaceable class="parameter">referential_action</replaceable> ]</literal> (column constraint)</term>
 
    <term><literal>FOREIGN KEY ( <replaceable class="parameter">column_name</replaceable> [, ... ] [, PERIOD <replaceable class="parameter">column_name</replaceable> ] )
-    REFERENCES <replaceable class="parameter">reftable</replaceable> [ ( <replaceable class="parameter">refcolumn</replaceable> [, ... ] [, PERIOD <replaceable class="parameter">column_name</replaceable> ] ) ]
+    REFERENCES <replaceable class="parameter">reftable</replaceable> [ ( <replaceable class="parameter">refcolumn</replaceable> [, ... ] [, PERIOD <replaceable class="parameter">refcolumn</replaceable> ] ) ]
     [ MATCH <replaceable class="parameter">matchtype</replaceable> ]
     [ ON DELETE <replaceable class="parameter">referential_action</replaceable> ]
     [ ON UPDATE <replaceable class="parameter">referential_action</replaceable> ]</literal>