Re: [DOCS] Outdated note about unique indexes

2015-08-31 Thread Bruce Momjian
On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 03:10:46PM -0700, Josh Berkus wrote: > > > That note has been there forever, in particular since before we > > supported CONCURRENTLY, which is pretty darn important in many uses > > nowadays. Since it seems like some users have taken this suggestion > > seriously, e.g. on

Re: [DOCS] Outdated note about unique indexes

2015-07-08 Thread Josh Berkus
> That note has been there forever, in particular since before we > supported CONCURRENTLY, which is pretty darn important in many uses > nowadays. Since it seems like some users have taken this suggestion > seriously, e.g. on stackoverflow[1], how about we remove this outdated > suggestion? There

[DOCS] Outdated note about unique indexes

2015-07-08 Thread Josh Kupershmidt
Hi, I noticed that the note on a page about unique indexes http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/indexes-unique.html says "The preferred way to add a unique constraint to a table is ALTER TABLE ... ADD CONSTRAINT. The use of indexes to enforce unique constraints could be considered an im

Re: [DOCS] Outdated note

2006-10-21 Thread Tom Lane
Alvaro Herrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 4.1.2.1. String Constants, the following note appears: > Note: While ordinary strings now support C-style backslash escapes, > future versions will generate warnings for such usage and eventually > treat backslashes as literal characters to be

[DOCS] Outdated note

2006-10-20 Thread Alvaro Herrera
On 4.1.2.1. String Constants, the following note appears: Note: While ordinary strings now support C-style backslash escapes, future versions will generate warnings for such usage and eventually treat backslashes as literal characters to be standard-conforming. That future version is 8.2,