Commit 24a1fafc authored by Bruce Momjian's avatar Bruce Momjian

Clearify CHECK handling of unknown test values.

Karl O. Pinc
parent 4da36853
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......@@ -383,10 +383,13 @@ and <replaceable class="PARAMETER">table_constraint</replaceable> is:
<para>
The <literal>CHECK</> clause specifies an expression producing a
Boolean result which new or updated rows must satisfy for an
insert or update operation to succeed. A check constraint
specified as a column constraint should reference that column's
value only, while an expression appearing in a table constraint
may reference multiple columns.
insert or update operation to succeed. Expressions evaluating
to TRUE or UNKNOWN succeed. Should any row of an insert or
update operation produce a FALSE result an error exception is
raised and the insert or update does not alter the database. A
check constraint specified as a column constraint should
reference that column's value only, while an expression
appearing in a table constraint may reference multiple columns.
</para>
<para>
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