Amit Langote wrote:
> On 2016/11/24 15:10, Ashutosh Bapat wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 11:34 AM, Amit Langote wrote:
> >> You have to specify column constraints using the keywords WITH OPTIONS,
> >> like below:
> >>
> >> create table p1 partition of p (
> >> a with options primary key
> >> ) for values in (1);
> >
> > Oh, sorry for not noticing it. You are right. Why do we need "with
> > option" there? Shouldn't user be able to specify just "a primary key";
> > it's not really an "option", it's a constraint.
>
> I just adopted the existing syntax for specifying column/table constraints
> of a table created with CREATE TABLE OF type_name.
I think CREATE TABLE OF is pretty much a corner case. I agree that
allowing the constraint right after the constraint name is more
intuitive.
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