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-.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/man/Attic/create_table.l,v 1.9 1997/10/01 17:05:13 thomas Exp $
+.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/man/Attic/create_table.l,v 1.10 1997/10/02 02:50:22 vadim 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 [not null] [\fBdefault\fP value]
- [\fB,\fP attname type [\fBnot null\fP] [\fBdefault\fP value] ]\fB )\fP
+ [\fB,\fP attname type [\fBdefault\fP value] [\fBnot null\fP] ]\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 may have a default value, specified by the
.IR default
clause which is the keyword "default" followed by a constant or expression.
+\fBNote\fR: DEFAULT in version 6.2 works like constraint - there is no
+way to insert NULL into an attribute having DEFAULT value.
.PP
Each array attribute stores arrays that must have the same number of
dimensions but may have different sizes and array index bounds. An