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Re: Alter table documentation page (again)

Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>

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From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>
To: Lætitia Avrot <laetitia.avrot@gmail.com>
Cc: Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2018-12-06T20:05:34Z
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On 2018-Dec-06, Lætitia Avrot wrote:

> > I'd rename the action in ON DELETE/UPDATE to referential_action, both in
> > alter_table and in create_table (the latter just for consistency).
> 
> I love that "option 3" !  So clever!

Thanks :-)  I checked the SQL standard after sending that email, and
indeed it calls those elements <referential action>.  Go figure.

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Commits

  1. Clarify referential actions in docs of CREATE/ALTER TABLE