From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 23:56:46 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Add warning about DOMAINs.
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Add warning about DOMAINs.

David Fetter
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_domain.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_domain.sgml
index 1c3eb357c04..bddfb572875 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_domain.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_domain.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_domain.sgml,v 1.22 2005/05/02 01:52:50 neilc Exp $
+$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_domain.sgml,v 1.23 2005/09/22 23:56:46 momjian Exp $
 PostgreSQL documentation
 -->
 
@@ -48,10 +48,13 @@ where <replaceable class="PARAMETER">constraint</replaceable> is:
   </para>
 
   <para>
-   Domains are useful for abstracting common fields between tables into
-   a single location for maintenance.  For example, an email address column may be used
-   in several tables, all with the same properties.  Define a domain and
-   use that rather than setting up each table's constraints individually.
+   Domains are useful for abstracting common fields between tables
+   into a single location for maintenance.  For example, an email address
+   column may be used in several tables, all with the same properties.
+   Define a domain and use that rather than setting up each table's
+   constraints individually. <note>Keep in mind also that declaring a
+   function result value as a domain is pretty dangerous, because none of
+   the PLs enforce domain constraints on their results.</note>
   </para>
  </refsect1>