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From: Bruce Momjian <[email protected]>
To: Josh Kupershmidt <[email protected]>
Cc: pgsql-docs <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [DOCS] Rewording for ALTER TABLE ... ADD table_constraint_using_index
Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2023 20:07:39 -0500
Message-ID: <[email protected]> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAK3UJRF=KY_nx_TRQq+t6jOrtS2rry79ktkzPiMDhFx_K=dZAg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAK3UJRF=KY_nx_TRQq+t6jOrtS2rry79ktkzPiMDhFx_K=dZAg@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 07:31:53PM -0400, Josh Kupershmidt wrote:
> I'd like to propose the following slight rewording for the note about ALTER
> TABLE ... ADD table_constraint_using_index. The existing text says one may
> "install it [the existing index] as an official constraint".
> 
> The "official constraint" phrase sounds like weasel wording to me -- how is a
> UNIQUE constraint more "official" than an UNIQUE index? Then "install" makes it
> sound like some installation process is going on that you should be aware of. I
> like "convert" slightly better instead.

Nine year old patch, but still valid, so applied to master.

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