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Re: operator exclusion constraints

David E. Wheeler <david@kineticode.com>

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From: "David E. Wheeler" <david@kineticode.com>
To: Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>, Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2009-11-05T18:30:07Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On Nov 5, 2009, at 10:13 AM, Jeff Davis wrote:

> CHECK -- verb or noun
> UNIQUE -- adjective
> PRIMARY KEY -- noun
> FOREIGN KEY -- noun

Put like that, I'm thinking:

EXCLUSION - noun or adjective

      EXCLUSION (...) BY ...

But that doesn't read as well to my eye as:

     EXCLUDE (...) BY ...

Or

     EXCLUDING (...) BY ...

I think either of those last two work well enough.

Best,

David