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| author | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2022-08-12 10:59:00 -0400 |
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| committer | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2022-08-12 10:59:00 -0400 |
| commit | ff48a0c80ec8dc47ba59161b43058ddcdfbe5b09 (patch) | |
| tree | 72564290186f5bf9eed22641b9e4dfac4aef90a5 | |
| parent | a8fade6cb5ecadca939b2ced770d809631fddd89 (diff) | |
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doc: clarify CREATE TABLE AS ... IF NOT EXISTS
Mention that the table is not modified if it already exists.
Reported-by: frank_limpert@yahoo.com
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/164441177106.9677.5991676148704507229@wrigleys.postgresql.org
Backpatch-through: 10
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table_as.sgml | 5 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table_as.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table_as.sgml index 07558ab56c9..8429333e3af 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table_as.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table_as.sgml @@ -100,9 +100,8 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI <term><literal>IF NOT EXISTS</literal></term> <listitem> <para> - Do not throw an error if a relation with the same name already exists. - A notice is issued in this case. Refer to <xref linkend="sql-createtable"/> - for details. + Do not throw an error if a relation with the same name already + exists; simply issue a notice and leave the table unmodified. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> |