Document NOT NULL for table creation.

Clarify usage of date_part() for timespan data type.

diff --git a/src/man/create_table.l b/src/man/create_table.l
index bd2a87170b885477d94e3fc6e7224692070532a0..a46586277291b6ae07fb670fe13737597095c9da 100644 (file)
--- a/src/man/create_table.l
+++ b/src/man/create_table.l
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 .\" This is -*-nroff-*-
 .\" XXX standard disclaimer belongs here....
-.\" $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]
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ and the attributes are as specified in the list of
 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

diff --git a/src/man/pgbuiltin.3 b/src/man/pgbuiltin.3
index 1cc2f3857b12e982ebdf4b139e7fb01f726b3c65..51355ef16a3f6f0cb4d843d9251d6aa9c3deb016 100644 (file)
--- a/src/man/pgbuiltin.3
+++ b/src/man/pgbuiltin.3
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 .\" This is -*-nroff-*-
 .\" XXX standard disclaimer belongs here....
-.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/man/Attic/pgbuiltin.3,v 1.5 1997/09/27 04:37:33 thomas Exp $
+.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/man/Attic/pgbuiltin.3,v 1.6 1997/10/01 17:05:16 thomas Exp $
 .TH PGBUILTIN INTRO 04/01/97 PostgreSQL PostgreSQL
 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
 This section describes the data types, functions and operators
@@ -592,9 +592,9 @@ functions, arguments can be
 `year', `month', `day', `hour', `minute', and `second',
 as well as the more specialized quantities
 `decade', `century', `millenium', `millisecond', and `microsecond'.
-date_part() also allows
-`dow'
-to return day of week and `epoch' to return seconds since 1970.
+date_part() allows `dow'
+to return day of week and `epoch' to return seconds since 1970 for datetime
+and 'epoch' to return total elapsed seconds for timespan.
 
 .nf
 Functions: