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Re: operator exclusion constraints

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>, Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2009-12-04T00:00:06Z
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Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com> writes:
> On Tue, 2009-12-01 at 23:19 -0500, Robert Haas wrote:
>> For parity with unique constraints, I think that the message:
>> 
>> operator exclusion constraint violation detected: %s
>> 
>> should be changed to:
>> 
>> conflicting key value violates operator exclusion constraint "%s"

> Done, and updated tests.

I'm starting to go through this patch now.  I thought the consensus
was to refer to them as just "exclusion constraints"?  I'm not seeing
that the word "operator" really adds anything.

			regards, tom lane