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Peter Eisentraut 030e10ff1a Rename pg_constraint.conwithoutoverlaps to conperiod
pg_constraint.conwithoutoverlaps was recently added to support primary
keys and unique constraints with the WITHOUT OVERLAPS clause.  An
upcoming patch provides the foreign-key side of this functionality,
but the syntax there is different and uses the keyword PERIOD.  It
would make sense to use the same pg_constraint field for both of
these, but then we should pick a more general name that conveys "this
constraint has a temporal/period-related feature".  conperiod works
for that and is nicely compact.  Changing this now avoids possibly
having to introduce versioning into clients.  Note there are still
some "without overlaps" variables left, which deal specifically with
the parsing of the primary key/unique constraint feature.

Author: Paul A. Jungwirth <pj@illuminatedcomputing.com>
Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/CA+renyUApHgSZF9-nd-a0+OPGharLQLO=mDHcY4_qQ0+noCUVg@mail.gmail.com
2024-03-05 11:24:17 +01:00
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src Rename pg_constraint.conwithoutoverlaps to conperiod 2024-03-05 11:24:17 +01:00
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TODO Change documentation references to PG website to use https: not http: 2017-05-20 21:50:47 -04:00