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-.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/man/Attic/create_table.l,v 1.8 1997/09/27 03:58:29 momjian Exp $
+.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/man/Attic/create_table.l,v 1.9 1997/10/01 17:05:13 thomas Exp $
.TH "CREATE TABLE" SQL 09/25/97 PostgreSQL
.SH NAME
create table \(em create a new class
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
-\fBcreate table\fR classname \fB(\fPattname type [\fBdefault\fP value]
- [\fB,\fP attname type [\fBdefault\fP value] ]\fB )\fP
+\fBcreate table\fR classname \fB(\fPattname type [not null] [\fBdefault\fP value]
+ [\fB,\fP attname type [\fBnot null\fP] [\fBdefault\fP value] ]\fB )\fP
[\fBinherits\fR \fB(\fR classname [\fB,\fR classname] \fB)\fR]
[\fBconstraint\fR cname \fBcheck\fR \fB(\fR test \fB)\fR [, \fBcheck\fR \fB(\fR test \fB)\fR ] ]
[\fBarchive\fR \fB=\fR archive_mode]
Each attribute is created with the type specified by
.IR type "."
Each type may be a simple type, a complex type (set) or an array type.
-Each attribute may have a default value, specified by the
+Each attribute may be specified to be non-null and
+each may have a default value, specified by the
.IR default
clause which is the keyword "default" followed by a constant or expression.
.PP