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* The CREATE TABLE documentation groups NOT NULL under table_constraint.
@ 2026-04-03 10:27  PG Doc comments form <[email protected]>
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From: PG Doc comments form @ 2026-04-03 10:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
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The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:

Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/18/ddl.html
Description:

Unlike UNIQUE or CHECK, NOT NULL cannot be used standalone at the table
level in a standard way
Example: CREATE TABLE t (a int, NOT NULL a); fails.
It only works as an "out-of-line" constraint in very specific inheritance
scenarios.






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* Re: The CREATE TABLE documentation groups NOT NULL under table_constraint.
@ 2026-04-04 16:04  David G. Johnston <[email protected]>
  parent: PG Doc comments form <[email protected]>
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From: David G. Johnston @ 2026-04-04 16:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: [email protected] <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>

On Friday, April 3, 2026, PG Doc comments form <[email protected]>
wrote:

> The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
>
> Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/18/ddl.html
> Description:
>
> Unlike UNIQUE or CHECK, NOT NULL cannot be used standalone at the table
> level in a standard way
> Example: CREATE TABLE t (a int, NOT NULL a); fails.
> It only works as an "out-of-line" constraint in very specific inheritance
> scenarios.
>

As of v18 it works.  v17 and earlier do not document it.

David J.


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