From: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 14:52:07 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: Correct description of constraint_name in ALTER TABLE documentation.
X-Git-Tag: REL9_4_BETA1~183
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f0aa6c06d4e114ecb7ed81a2168238bbcfd54878;p=postgresql

Correct description of constraint_name in ALTER TABLE documentation.

Apparently, the old text was written at a time when the only use of
constraint_name here was for a constraint to be dropped, but that's
no longer true.

Etsuro Fujita
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml
index 19f2a2e76f..e602ad3417 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml
@@ -740,7 +740,7 @@ ALTER TABLE [ IF EXISTS ] <replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable>
       <term><replaceable class="PARAMETER">constraint_name</replaceable></term>
       <listitem>
        <para>
-        Name of an existing constraint to drop.
+        Name of a new or existing constraint.
        </para>
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>