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	from leodebeo@hotmail.com on Sun, Apr 29, 2001 at 09:34:29PM +0200
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On Sun, Apr 29, 2001 at 09:34:29PM +0200, LeoDeBeo wrote:
> can anybody explain me the syntax of Create Table documentation??
...
> i also don't understand what the [ ... ] and [, ... ] means. I do know that 
> brackets denote options and | alternatives.

I guess:

 ``[ ... ]'' means that you may repeat the clause, and
``[, ... ]'' means that you may repeat the clause, using a comma for separation

Albert.