Re: Docs: Create table description for constraints markup fix and label tweaks

Dapeng Wang <wangdp20191008@gmail.com>

From: Dapeng Wang <wangdp20191008@gmail.com>
To: "David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2026-04-10T07:42:02Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Hi David,

I reviewed both patches on the latest HEAD.

0001: SGML nesting fix applied and verified - make html
builds successfully with the corrected element nesting
for UNIQUE and PRIMARY KEY.

0002: The six "variant" label changes look good and should
help avoid the confusion reported on -general.

Looks good to me.

Regards,
Dapeng Wang

David G. Johnston <david.g.johnston@gmail.com> 于2026年4月10日周五 15:04写道:

> On Fri, Apr 3, 2026 at 10:18 AM David G. Johnston <
> david.g.johnston@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Responding to a recent report on -general [1] I found a markup bug in the
>> primary key description under create table.  0001 fixes this.
>>
>> The complaint itself was about using "column constraint" as a descriptive
>> label in a syntax area when "column constraint" is an actual defined syntax
>> label.  0002 adds the word "variant" to the six places "(table/column
>> constraint)" is used in this manner.
>>
>> [1]
>> https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CA+FnnTzeE30E4kfK4=+MLe4DBORu4CdYvPQgWUYakRxfwsbEtg@mail.gmail.com
>>
>>
> The more you look (not having production dark mode in the core build is a
> bit annoying)...v2 attached after re-reading the original thread and
> looking around a bit more.
>
> Unique had the same sgml markup error as primary key.
>
> Also, the CF entry: https://commitfest.postgresql.org/patch/6648/
>
> David J.
>
> P.S. Reviewing this we are inconsistent as to where we use "optional"
> markup versus just literal [ ].  Even among these three locations there are
> variances - and simply literals used for optional meaning brackets.
>
>