doc: Add PERIOD to ALTER TABLE reference docs
authorPeter Eisentraut <[email protected]>
Wed, 13 Nov 2024 07:53:08 +0000 (08:53 +0100)
committerPeter Eisentraut <[email protected]>
Wed, 13 Nov 2024 07:53:08 +0000 (08:53 +0100)
Commit 89f908a6d0a documented foreign keys with PERIOD in the CREATE
TABLE docs, but not in ALTER TABLE.  This commit adds the new syntax
to the ALTER TABLE docs.

Author: Paul A. Jungwirth <[email protected]>
Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/57ea0668-5205-426e-b934-efc89f2186c2@illuminatedcomputing.com

doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml

index ff7f4e43f0b2c7ffde694c4ae11075726bcb429b..c8f7ab7d9563145c3be08fedcf407002c5439490 100644 (file)
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ WITH ( MODULUS <replaceable class="parameter">numeric_literal</replaceable>, REM
   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> [, ... ] ) REFERENCES <replaceable class="parameter">reftable</replaceable> [ ( <replaceable class="parameter">refcolumn</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 ]