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Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml | 18 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml index 0c02d0cb919..a31bd3ddc52 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml,v 1.128 2010/06/07 02:59:02 itagaki Exp $ +$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml,v 1.129 2010/07/25 23:21:21 rhaas Exp $ PostgreSQL documentation --> @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ PostgreSQL documentation <refsynopsisdiv> <synopsis> -CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } ] TABLE <replaceable class="PARAMETER">table_name</replaceable> ( [ +CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXISTS ] <replaceable class="PARAMETER">table_name</replaceable> ( [ { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">column_name</replaceable> <replaceable class="PARAMETER">data_type</replaceable> [ DEFAULT <replaceable>default_expr</replaceable> ] [ <replaceable class="PARAMETER">column_constraint</replaceable> [ ... ] ] | <replaceable>table_constraint</replaceable> | LIKE <replaceable>parent_table</replaceable> [ <replaceable>like_option</replaceable> ... ] } @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } ] TABLE <replaceable class="PAR [ ON COMMIT { PRESERVE ROWS | DELETE ROWS | DROP } ] [ TABLESPACE <replaceable class="PARAMETER">tablespace</replaceable> ] -CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } ] TABLE <replaceable class="PARAMETER">table_name</replaceable> +CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXISTS ] <replaceable class="PARAMETER">table_name</replaceable> OF <replaceable class="PARAMETER">type_name</replaceable> [ ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">column_name</replaceable> WITH OPTIONS [ DEFAULT <replaceable>default_expr</replaceable> ] [ <replaceable class="PARAMETER">column_constraint</replaceable> [ ... ] ] | <replaceable>table_constraint</replaceable> } @@ -164,6 +164,18 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } ] TABLE <replaceable class="PAR </varlistentry> <varlistentry> + <term><literal>IF NOT EXISTS</></term> + <listitem> + <para> + Do not throw an error if a relation with the same name already exists. + A notice is issued in this case. Note that there is no guarantee that + the existing relation is anything like the one that would have been + created. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> <term><replaceable class="PARAMETER">table_name</replaceable></term> <listitem> <para> |