Re: operator exclusion constraints

From: "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com>
To: Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: operator exclusion constraints
Date: 2009-11-05 18:30:07
Message-ID: 6ADCB82C-9FAE-49D3-9618-6818660F44B2@kineticode.com
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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

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