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Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml index 1976f6dcede..6f1917f5c47 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml @@ -482,7 +482,11 @@ ALTER TABLE <replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable> <para> There must also be matching child-table constraints for all - <literal>CHECK</literal> constraints of the parent. Currently + <literal>CHECK</literal> constraints of the parent, except those + marked non-inheritable (that is, created with <literal>ALTER TABLE ONLY</literal>) + in the parent, which are ignored; all child-table constraints matched + must not be marked non-inheritable. + Currently <literal>UNIQUE</literal>, <literal>PRIMARY KEY</literal>, and <literal>FOREIGN KEY</literal> constraints are not considered, but this might change in the future. |