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To: LeoDeBeo <leodebeo@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: create table 
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Comments: In-reply-to LeoDeBeo <leodebeo@hotmail.com>
	message dated "Sun, 29 Apr 2001 21:34:29 +0200"
Date: Fri, 04 May 2001 18:43:40 -0400
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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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LeoDeBeo <leodebeo@hotmail.com> writes:
> i don't understand what the curly brace means after PRIMARY KEY (where is 
> the other matching brace?

Typo.  Try more recent versions of the docs.  7.1 says



CREATE [ TEMPORARY | TEMP ] TABLE table_name (
    { column_name type [ column_constraint [ ... ] ]
      | table_constraint }  [, ... ]
    ) [ INHERITS ( inherited_table [, ... ] ) ]

where column_constraint can be:
[ CONSTRAINT constraint_name ]
{ NOT NULL | NULL | UNIQUE | PRIMARY KEY | DEFAULT value | CHECK (condition) |
  REFERENCES table [ ( column ) ] [ MATCH FULL | MATCH PARTIAL ]
   [ ON DELETE action ] [ ON UPDATE action ]
   [ DEFERRABLE | NOT DEFERRABLE ] [ INITIALLY DEFERRED | INITIALLY IMMEDIATE ]
}

and table_constraint can be:
[ CONSTRAINT constraint_name ]
{ UNIQUE ( column_name [, ... ] ) |
  PRIMARY KEY ( column_name [, ... ] ) |
  CHECK ( condition ) |
  FOREIGN KEY ( column_name [, ... ] ) REFERENCES table [ ( column [, ... ] ) ]
   [ MATCH FULL | MATCH PARTIAL ] [ ON DELETE action ] [ ON UPDATE action ]
   [ DEFERRABLE | NOT DEFERRABLE ] [ INITIALLY DEFERRED | INITIALLY IMMEDIATE ]
}
  


The curly braces are just for grouping in cases where it'd not be clear
how far the alternatives are supposed to extend.

			regards, tom lane