From 0f763503ff3ccdc1255b5dd3add0eff1f6d32162 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 18:10:32 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Spellchecking and such

---
 doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml             |   8 +-
 doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml           |  28 +++----
 doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml        |   6 +-
 doc/src/sgml/config.sgml             |  20 ++---
 doc/src/sgml/cvs.sgml                |  18 ++---
 doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml           |   8 +-
 doc/src/sgml/ddl.sgml                |  10 +--
 doc/src/sgml/docguide.sgml           |   4 +-
 doc/src/sgml/ecpg.sgml               | 108 +++++++++++++--------------
 doc/src/sgml/func.sgml               |  60 +++++++--------
 doc/src/sgml/gist.sgml               |   4 +-
 doc/src/sgml/history.sgml            |   6 +-
 doc/src/sgml/indices.sgml            |   6 +-
 doc/src/sgml/information_schema.sgml |   4 +-
 doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml              |  13 ++--
 doc/src/sgml/lobj.sgml               |  14 ++--
 doc/src/sgml/maintenance.sgml        |   7 +-
 doc/src/sgml/plperl.sgml             |   6 +-
 doc/src/sgml/plpgsql.sgml            |  10 +--
 doc/src/sgml/plpython.sgml           |   4 +-
 doc/src/sgml/queries.sgml            |   4 +-
 doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml    |   4 +-
 doc/src/sgml/ref/comment.sgml        |   4 +-
 doc/src/sgml/ref/create_trigger.sgml |   4 +-
 doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_type.sgml      |   4 +-
 doc/src/sgml/ref/insert.sgml         |   4 +-
 doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_config-ref.sgml  |  16 ++--
 doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml        |   4 +-
 doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml       |   4 +-
 doc/src/sgml/ref/values.sgml         |   6 +-
 doc/src/sgml/release.sgml            |  43 +++++------
 doc/src/sgml/sources.sgml            |   4 +-
 doc/src/sgml/spi.sgml                |   4 +-
 doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml                |   6 +-
 doc/src/sgml/xindex.sgml             |   4 +-
 35 files changed, 231 insertions(+), 228 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml
index 9996cb286c2..fdfcfb7fef4 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml,v 2.90 2006/10/12 19:38:08 neilc Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml,v 2.91 2006/10/23 18:10:30 petere Exp $ -->
 
 <chapter id="backup">
  <title>Backup and Restore</title>
@@ -977,7 +977,7 @@ restore_command = 'cp /mnt/server/archivedir/%f %p'
     If recovery fails for an external reason, such as a system crash or
     the WAL archive has become inaccessible, then the recovery can be
     simply restarted and it will restart almost from where it failed.
-    Restartable recovery works by writing a restartpoint record to the control
+    Restartable recovery works by writing a restart-point record to the control
     file at the first safely usable checkpoint record found after 
     <varname>checkpoint_timeout</> seconds. 
    </para>
@@ -1188,7 +1188,7 @@ restore_command = 'copy /mnt/server/archivedir/%f "%p"'  # Windows
 
    <para>
     If we take a backup of the server files whilst a recovery is in progress,
-    we will be able to restart the recovery from the last restartpoint. 
+    we will be able to restart the recovery from the last restart point. 
     That backup now has many of the changes from previous WAL archive files,
     so this version is now an updated version of the original base backup.
     If we need to recover, it will be faster to recover from the 
@@ -1595,7 +1595,7 @@ if (!triggered)
 
    <para>
     An external program can call <function>pg_xlogfile_name_offset()</>
-    to find out the filename and the exact byte offset within it of
+    to find out the file name and the exact byte offset within it of
     the latest WAL pointer.  If the external program regularly polls
     the server it can find out how far forward the pointer has
     moved. It can then access the WAL file directly and copy those
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml
index ff4fb64bcab..af28a26b1a0 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml,v 2.134 2006/09/22 23:20:13 tgl Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml,v 2.135 2006/10/23 18:10:30 petere Exp $ -->
 <!--
  Documentation of the system catalogs, directed toward PostgreSQL developers
  -->
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@
       <entry><structfield>amclusterable</structfield></entry>
       <entry><type>bool</type></entry>
       <entry></entry>
-      <entry>Can an index of this type be CLUSTERed on?</entry>
+      <entry>Can an index of this type be clustered on?</entry>
      </row>
 
      <row>
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@
       <entry><structfield>amoptions</structfield></entry>
       <entry><type>regproc</type></entry>
       <entry><literal><link linkend="catalog-pg-proc"><structname>pg_proc</structname></link>.oid</literal></entry>
-      <entry>Function to parse and validate reloptions for an index</entry>
+      <entry>Function to parse and validate <structfield>reloptions</> for an index</entry>
      </row>
 
     </tbody>
@@ -1209,7 +1209,7 @@
       <entry><structfield>vac_scale_factor</structfield></entry>
       <entry><type>float4</type></entry>
       <entry></entry>
-      <entry>Multiplier for reltuples to add to
+      <entry>Multiplier for <structfield>reltuples</> to add to
        <structfield>vac_base_thresh</></entry>
      </row>
 
@@ -1224,7 +1224,7 @@
       <entry><structfield>anl_scale_factor</structfield></entry>
       <entry><type>float4</type></entry>
       <entry></entry>
-      <entry>Multiplier for reltuples to add to
+      <entry>Multiplier for <structfield>reltuples</> to add to
        <structfield>anl_base_thresh</></entry>
      </row>
 
@@ -2043,7 +2043,7 @@
        operation.  All rows inserted or deleted by transaction IDs before this one
        have been marked as known good or deleted.  This
        is used to determine when commit-log space can be recycled.
-       If InvalidTransactionId, then the minimum is unknown and can be
+       If <symbol>InvalidTransactionId</symbol>, then the minimum is unknown and can be
        determined by scanning <structname>pg_class</>.<structfield>relvacuumxid</>.
       </entry>
      </row>
@@ -2058,7 +2058,7 @@
        relabeled with a permanent (<quote>frozen</>) transaction ID in this
        database.  This is useful to check whether a database must be
        vacuumed soon to avoid transaction ID wrap-around problems.
-       If InvalidTransactionId, then the minimum is unknown and can be
+       If <symbol>InvalidTransactionId</symbol>, then the minimum is unknown and can be
        determined by scanning <structname>pg_class</>.<structfield>relminxid</>.
       </entry>
      </row>
@@ -3353,7 +3353,7 @@
       <entry><literal><link linkend="catalog-pg-type"><structname>pg_type</structname></link>.oid</literal></entry>
       <entry>
        An array with the data types of the function arguments.  This includes
-       only input arguments (including INOUT arguments), and thus represents
+       only input arguments (including <literal>INOUT</literal> arguments), and thus represents
        the call signature of the function.
       </entry>
      </row>
@@ -3364,7 +3364,7 @@
       <entry><literal><link linkend="catalog-pg-type"><structname>pg_type</structname></link>.oid</literal></entry>
       <entry>
        An array with the data types of the function arguments.  This includes
-       all arguments (including OUT and INOUT arguments); however, if all the
+       all arguments (including <literal>OUT</literal> and <literal>INOUT</literal> arguments); however, if all the
        arguments are IN arguments, this field will be null.
        Note that subscripting is 1-based, whereas for historical reasons
        <structfield>proargtypes</> is subscripted from 0.
@@ -3377,10 +3377,10 @@
       <entry></entry>
       <entry>
         An array with the modes of the function arguments, encoded as
-        <literal>i</literal> for IN arguments,
-        <literal>o</literal> for OUT arguments,
-        <literal>b</literal> for INOUT arguments.
-        If all the arguments are IN arguments, this field will be null.
+        <literal>i</literal> for <literal>IN</> arguments,
+        <literal>o</literal> for <literal>OUT</> arguments,
+        <literal>b</literal> for <literal>INOUT</> arguments.
+        If all the arguments are <literal>IN</literal> arguments, this field will be null.
         Note that subscripts correspond to positions of
         <structfield>proallargtypes</> not <structfield>proargtypes</>.
       </entry>
@@ -5031,7 +5031,7 @@
 
   <para>
    Advisory locks can be acquired on keys consisting of either a single
-   bigint value or two integer values.  A bigint key is displayed with its
+   <type>bigint</type> value or two integer values.  A <type>bigint</type> key is displayed with its
    high-order half in the <structfield>classid</> column, its low-order half
    in the <structfield>objid</> column, and <structfield>objsubid</> equal
    to 1.  Integer keys are displayed with the first key in the
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml
index 67e3164fbbf..a77d89db0e5 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml,v 1.93 2006/09/16 00:30:11 momjian Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml,v 1.94 2006/10/23 18:10:30 petere Exp $ -->
 
 <chapter id="client-authentication">
  <title>Client Authentication</title>
@@ -947,9 +947,9 @@ ldap://ldap.example.net/dc=example,dc=net;EXAMPLE\
    </para>
    <para>
     The server will bind to the distinguished name specified as
-    <replaceable>base dn</> using the username supplied by the client.
+    <replaceable>base dn</> using the user name supplied by the client.
     If <replaceable>prefix</> and <replaceable>suffix</> is 
-    specified, it will be prepended and appended to the username
+    specified, it will be prepended and appended to the user name
     before the bind. Typically, the prefix parameter is used to specify
     <replaceable>cn=</>, or <replaceable>DOMAIN\</> in an Active
     Directory environment.
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
index ea6c4efb2aa..37e50a9b926 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml,v 1.91 2006/10/19 22:55:25 tgl Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml,v 1.92 2006/10/23 18:10:30 petere Exp $ -->
 
 <chapter Id="runtime-config">
   <title>Server Configuration</title>
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ shared_buffers = 128MB
 <programlisting>
 include 'filename'
 </programlisting>
-    If the filename is not an absolute path, it is taken as relative to
+    If the file name is not an absolute path, it is taken as relative to
     the directory containing the referencing configuration file.
     Inclusions can be nested.
    </para>
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ SET ENABLE_SEQSCAN TO OFF;
        <para>
          Specifies the main server configuration file
          (customarily called <filename>postgresql.conf</>).
-         This parameter can only be set on the postgres command line.
+         This parameter can only be set on the <command>postgres</command> command line.
        </para>
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ SET ENABLE_SEQSCAN TO OFF;
 
      <para>
       If you wish to keep the configuration files elsewhere than the
-      data directory, the postgres <option>-D</option>
+      data directory, the <command>postgres</command> <option>-D</option>
       command-line option or <envar>PGDATA</envar> environment variable
       must point to the directory containing the configuration files,
       and the <varname>data_directory</> parameter must be set in
@@ -1422,8 +1422,8 @@ SET ENABLE_SEQSCAN TO OFF;
         or power failure. The risks are similar to turning off
         <varname>fsync</>, though smaller.  It may be safe to turn off
         this parameter if you have hardware (such as a battery-backed disk
-        controller) or filesystem software (e.g., Reiser4) that reduces
-        the risk of partial page writes to an acceptably low level.
+        controller) or file-system software that reduces
+        the risk of partial page writes to an acceptably low level (e.g., ReiserFS 4).
        </para>
 
        <para>
@@ -3901,10 +3901,10 @@ dynamic_library_path = 'C:\tools\postgresql;H:\my_project\lib;$libdir'
       <listitem>
        <para>
         This controls whether the array input parser recognizes
-        unquoted <literal>NULL</> as specifying a NULL array element.
+        unquoted <literal>NULL</> as specifying a null array element.
         By default, this is <literal>on</>, allowing array values containing
-        NULLs to be entered.  However, <productname>PostgreSQL</> versions
-        before 8.2 did not support NULLs in arrays, and therefore would
+        null values to be entered.  However, <productname>PostgreSQL</> versions
+        before 8.2 did not support null values in arrays, and therefore would
         treat <literal>NULL</> as specifying a normal array element with
         the string value <quote>NULL</>.  For backwards compatibility with
         applications that require the old behavior, this variable can be
@@ -3912,7 +3912,7 @@ dynamic_library_path = 'C:\tools\postgresql;H:\my_project\lib;$libdir'
        </para>
 
        <para>
-        Note that it is possible to create array values containing NULLs
+        Note that it is possible to create array values containing null values
         even when this variable is <literal>off</>.
        </para>
       </listitem>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/cvs.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/cvs.sgml
index fd6c083cfba..32f4c27c3e5 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/cvs.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/cvs.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/cvs.sgml,v 1.37 2006/03/10 19:10:47 momjian Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/cvs.sgml,v 1.38 2006/10/23 18:10:30 petere Exp $ -->
 
 <appendix id="cvs">
  <appendixinfo>
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ cvs -z3 -d :pserver:anoncvs@anoncvs.postgresql.org:/projects/cvsroot co -P pgsql
       <para>
        If you have a fast link to the Internet, you may not need
        <option>-z3</option>, which instructs
-       <productname>CVS</productname> to use gzip compression for transferred data.  But
+       <productname>CVS</productname> to use <command>gzip</command> compression for transferred data.  But
        on a modem-speed link, it's a very substantial win.
       </para>
      </note>
@@ -131,8 +131,8 @@ cvs -z3
 update -d -P
 </programlisting>
 
-     This supplies the <option>-z3</option> option to all cvs commands, and the
-     <option>-d</option> and <option>-P</option> options to cvs update.  Then you just have
+     This supplies the <option>-z3</option> option to all <command>cvs</> commands, and the
+     <option>-d</option> and <option>-P</option> options to <command>cvs update</>.  Then you just have
      to say
 <programlisting>
 cvs update
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ cvs checkout -r REL6_4 tc
 
   <para>
    When you tag more than one file with the same tag you can think
-   about the tag as <quote>a curve drawn through a matrix of filename vs.
+   about the tag as <quote>a curve drawn through a matrix of file name vs.
    revision number</quote>.  Say we have 5 files with the following revisions:
 
    <programlisting>
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ cvs commit
    A major advantage to using
    <productname>CVSup</productname> is that it can reliably
    replicate the <emphasis>entire</emphasis> CVS repository on your local system,
-   allowing fast local access to cvs operations such as <option>log</option>
+   allowing fast local access to <command>cvs</> operations such as <option>log</option>
    and <option>diff</option>. Other advantages include fast synchronization to
    the <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> server due to an efficient
    streaming transfer protocol which only sends the changes since the last update.
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ CVSROOT/loginfo*
    </para>
 
    <para>
-    The following is a suggested <productname>CVSup</productname> config file from
+    The following is a suggested <productname>CVSup</productname> configuration file from
     the <productname>PostgreSQL</>
     <ulink url="ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/CVSup/README.cvsup">
     ftp site</ulink>
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ mv cvsup.1 ../doc/man/man1/
       <step>
        <para>
 	If there is a directory structure in the tar file, then unpack
-	the tar file within /usr/local/src and move the binaries into
+	the tar file within <filename>/usr/local/src</filename> and move the binaries into
 	the appropriate location as above.
        </para>
       </step>
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ $ which cvsup
 
       <step>
        <para>
-	Install the Modula-3 rpms:
+	Install the Modula-3 RPMs:
 
 <programlisting>
 # rpm -Uvh pm3*.rpm
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
index 4b3c1bca19f..a066bb742ed 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml,v 1.179 2006/10/18 16:43:13 tgl Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml,v 1.180 2006/10/23 18:10:30 petere Exp $ -->
 
  <chapter id="datatype">
   <title id="datatype-title">Data Types</title>
@@ -3362,7 +3362,7 @@ SELECT * FROM pg_attribute
    </indexterm>
 
    <para>
-    <acronym>XML</> (eXtensible Markup Language) support is not one
+    <acronym>XML</> (Extensible Markup Language) support is not one
     capability, but a variety of features supported by a database
     system. These capabilities include storage, import/export,
     validation, indexing, efficiency of modification, searching,
@@ -3429,7 +3429,7 @@ SELECT * FROM pg_attribute
       indexes to index specific <acronym>XML</> fields. To index the
       full contents of <acronym>XML</> documents, the full-text indexing
       tool <filename>/contrib/tsearch2</> can be used. Of course,
-      tsearch2 indexes have no <acronym>XML</> awareness so additional
+      Tsearch2 indexes have no <acronym>XML</> awareness so additional
       <filename>/contrib/xml2</> checks should be added to queries.
      </para>
     </listitem>
@@ -3466,7 +3466,7 @@ SELECT * FROM pg_attribute
     <listitem>
 
      <para>
-      <filename>/contrib/xml2</> supports <acronym>XSLT</> (XML
+      <filename>/contrib/xml2</> supports <acronym>XSLT</> (Extensible
       Stylesheet Language Transformation).
      </para>
     </listitem>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ddl.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ddl.sgml
index b253cf98ed9..fbf4fda64bd 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ddl.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ddl.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ddl.sgml,v 1.66 2006/10/22 03:03:40 tgl Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ddl.sgml,v 1.67 2006/10/23 18:10:30 petere Exp $ -->
 
 <chapter id="ddl">
  <title>Data Definition</title>
@@ -2586,7 +2586,7 @@ UNION ALL SELECT * FROM measurement_y2006m01;
 
     However, the need to
     recreate the view adds an extra step to adding and dropping
-    individual partitions of the dataset.
+    individual partitions of the data set.
    </para>
    </sect2>
 
@@ -2778,7 +2778,7 @@ EXPLAIN SELECT count(*) FROM measurement WHERE logdate &gt;= DATE '2006-01-01';
       Constraint exclusion only works when the query's <literal>WHERE</>
       clause contains constants.  A parameterized query will not be
       optimized, since the planner cannot know what partitions the
-      parameter value might select at runtime.  For the same reason,
+      parameter value might select at run time.  For the same reason,
       <quote>stable</> functions such as <function>CURRENT_DATE</function>
       must be avoided.
      </para>
@@ -2786,7 +2786,7 @@ EXPLAIN SELECT count(*) FROM measurement WHERE logdate &gt;= DATE '2006-01-01';
 
     <listitem>
      <para>
-      Avoid cross-datatype comparisons in the <literal>CHECK</>
+      Avoid cross-data type comparisons in the <literal>CHECK</>
       constraints, as the planner will currently fail to prove such
       conditions false.  For example, the following constraint
       will work if <varname>x</varname> is an <type>integer</type>
@@ -2802,7 +2802,7 @@ CHECK ( x = 1::bigint )
       The problem is not limited to the <type>bigint</type> data type
       &mdash; it can occur whenever the default data type of the
       constant does not match the data type of the column to which it
-      is being compared.  Cross-datatype comparisons in the supplied
+      is being compared.  Cross-data type comparisons in the supplied
       queries are usually OK, just not in the <literal>CHECK</> conditions.
      </para>
     </listitem>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/docguide.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/docguide.sgml
index eaac915367d..2a58b56a2be 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/docguide.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/docguide.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/docguide.sgml,v 1.58 2006/10/23 14:13:43 petere Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/docguide.sgml,v 1.59 2006/10/23 18:10:30 petere Exp $ -->
 
 <appendix id="docguide">
  <title>Documentation</title>
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ make install
         <envar>SGML_CATALOG_FILES</envar> to point to the file
         whenever you use <application>jade</application> later on.
         (This method is also an option if OpenJade is already
-        installed and you want to install the rest of the toolchain
+        installed and you want to install the rest of the tool chain
         locally.)
        </para>
       </step>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ecpg.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ecpg.sgml
index 28480d8982e..b63f45ee208 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ecpg.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ecpg.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ecpg.sgml,v 1.76 2006/09/22 15:22:04 tgl Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ecpg.sgml,v 1.77 2006/10/23 18:10:31 petere Exp $ -->
 
 <chapter id="ecpg">
  <title><application>ECPG</application> - Embedded <acronym>SQL</acronym> in C</title>
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ EXEC SQL int i = 4;
    <para>
     As a host variable you can also use arrays, typedefs, structs and
     pointers. Moreover there are special types of host variables that exist
-    only in ecpg.
+    only in ECPG.
    </para>
 
    <para>
@@ -539,9 +539,9 @@ EXEC SQL END DECLARE SECTION;
       <term>Special types of variables</term>
       <listitem>
        <para>
-        ecpg contains some special types that help you to interact easily with
+        ECPG contains some special types that help you to interact easily with
         data from the SQL server. For example it has implemented support for
-        the varchar, numeric, date, timestamp and interval types.
+        the <type>varchar</>, <type>numeric</>, <type>date</>, <type>timestamp</>, and <type>interval</> types.
         <xref linkend="ecpg-pgtypes"> contains basic functions to deal with
         those types, such that you do not need to send a query to the SQL
         server just for adding an interval to a timestamp for example.
@@ -835,7 +835,7 @@ numeric *PGTYPESnumeric_from_asc(char *str, char **endptr);
      <term><function>PGTYPESnumeric_to_asc</function></term>
      <listitem>
       <para>
-       Returns a pointer to a malloced string that contains the string
+       Returns a pointer to a string allocated by <function>malloc</function> that contains the string
        representation of the numeric type <literal>num</literal>.
 <synopsis>
 char *PGTYPESnumeric_to_asc(numeric *num, int dscale);
@@ -1012,7 +1012,7 @@ int PGTYPESnumeric_to_double(numeric *nv, double *dp)
 </synopsis>
        The function converts the numeric value from the variable that
        <literal>nv</> points to into the double variable that <literal>dp</> points
-       to. It retuns 0 on success and -1 if an error occurs, including
+       to. It returns 0 on success and -1 if an error occurs, including
        overflow. On overflow, the global variable <literal>errno</> will be set
        to <literal>PGTYPES_NUM_OVERFLOW</> additionally.
       </para>
@@ -1029,7 +1029,7 @@ int PGTYPESnumeric_to_int(numeric *nv, int *ip);
 </synopsis>
        The function converts the numeric value from the variable that
        <literal>nv</> points to into the integer variable that <literal>ip</>
-       points to. It retuns 0 on success and -1 if an error occurs, including
+       points to. It returns 0 on success and -1 if an error occurs, including
        overflow. On overflow, the global variable <literal>errno</> will be set
        to <literal>PGTYPES_NUM_OVERFLOW</> additionally.
       </para>
@@ -1046,7 +1046,7 @@ int PGTYPESnumeric_to_long(numeric *nv, long *lp);
 </synopsis>
        The function converts the numeric value from the variable that
        <literal>nv</> points to into the long integer variable that
-       <literal>lp</> points to. It retuns 0 on success and -1 if an error
+       <literal>lp</> points to. It returns 0 on success and -1 if an error
        occurs, including overflow. On overflow, the global variable
        <literal>errno</> will be set to <literal>PGTYPES_NUM_OVERFLOW</>
        additionally.
@@ -1064,7 +1064,7 @@ int PGTYPESnumeric_to_decimal(numeric *src, decimal *dst);
 </synopsis>
        The function converts the numeric value from the variable that
        <literal>src</> points to into the decimal variable that
-       <literal>dst</> points to. It retuns 0 on success and -1 if an error
+       <literal>dst</> points to. It returns 0 on success and -1 if an error
        occurs, including overflow. On overflow, the global variable
        <literal>errno</> will be set to <literal>PGTYPES_NUM_OVERFLOW</>
        additionally.
@@ -1082,7 +1082,7 @@ int PGTYPESnumeric_from_decimal(decimal *src, numeric *dst);
 </synopsis>
        The function converts the decimal value from the variable that
        <literal>src</> points to into the numeric variable that
-       <literal>dst</> points to. It retuns 0 on success and -1 if an error
+       <literal>dst</> points to. It returns 0 on success and -1 if an error
        occurs. Since the decimal type is implemented as a limited version of
        the numeric type, overflow can not occur with this conversion.
       </para>
@@ -1607,7 +1607,7 @@ timestamp PGTYPEStimestamp_from_asc(char *str, char **endptr);
 	specification. Note that timezones are not supported by ecpg. It can
 	parse them but does not apply any calculation as the
 	<productname>PostgreSQL</> server does for example. Timezone
-	specificiers are silently discarded.
+	specifiers are silently discarded.
        </para>
        <para>
         The following table contains a few examples for input strings:
@@ -2194,7 +2194,7 @@ int PGTYPESinterval_copy(interval *intvlsrc, interval *intvldest);
      type which can be created on the heap only, the decimal type can be
      created either on the stack or on the heap (by means of the functions
      PGTYPESdecimal_new() and PGTYPESdecimal_free(). There are a lot of other
-     functions that deal with the decimal type in the Informix compatibility
+     functions that deal with the decimal type in the <productname>Informix</productname> compatibility
      mode described in <xref linkend="ecpg-informix-compat">.
    </para>
    <para>
@@ -2375,11 +2375,11 @@ void PGTYPESdecimal_free(decimal *var);
  </sect1>
 
  <sect1 id="ecpg-informix-compat">
-  <title>Informix compatibility mode</title>
+  <title><productname>Informix</productname> compatibility mode</title>
   <para>
    ecpg can be run in a so-called <firstterm>Informix compatibility mode</>. If
-   this mode is active, it tries to behave as if it were the Informix
-   precompiler for Informix E/SQL. Generally spoken this will allow you to use
+   this mode is active, it tries to behave as if it were the <productname>Informix</productname>
+   precompiler for <productname>Informix</productname> E/SQL. Generally spoken this will allow you to use
    the dollar sign instead of the <literal>EXEC SQL</> primitive to introduce
    embedded SQL commands.
 <programlisting>
@@ -2398,19 +2398,19 @@ void PGTYPESdecimal_free(decimal *var);
    against <literal>libcompat</> that is shipped with ecpg.
   </para>
   <para>
-   Besides the previously explained syntactic sugar, the Informix compatibility
+   Besides the previously explained syntactic sugar, the <productname>Informix</productname> compatibility
    mode ports some functions for input, output and transformation of data as
    well as embedded SQL statements known from E/SQL to ecpg.
   </para>
   <para>
-   Informix compatibility mode is closely connected to the pgtypeslib library
+   <productname>Informix</productname> compatibility mode is closely connected to the pgtypeslib library
    of ecpg. pgtypeslib maps SQL data types to data types within the C host
-   program and most of the additional functions of the Informix compatibility
+   program and most of the additional functions of the <productname>Informix</productname> compatibility
    mode allow you to operate on those C host program types. Note however that
-   the extent of the compatibility is limited. It does not try to copy Informix
+   the extent of the compatibility is limited. It does not try to copy <productname>Informix</productname>
    behaviour; it allows you to do more or less the same operations and gives
    you functions that have the same name and the same basic behavior but it is
-   no drop-in replacement if you are using Informix at the moment. Moreover,
+   no drop-in replacement if you are using <productname>Informix</productname> at the moment. Moreover,
    some of the data types are different. For example,
    <productname>PostgreSQL's</productname> datetime and interval types do not
    know about ranges like for example <literal>YEAR TO MINUTE</> so you won't
@@ -2540,7 +2540,7 @@ int deccvasc(char *cp, int len, decimal *np);
 	<literal>ECPG_INFORMIX_NUM_UNDERFLOW</> is returned. If the ASCII
 	representation could not be parsed,
 	<literal>ECPG_INFORMIX_BAD_NUMERIC</> is returned or
-	<literal>ECPG_INFORMIX_BAD_EXPONENT</> if this problem ocurred while
+	<literal>ECPG_INFORMIX_BAD_EXPONENT</> if this problem occurred while
 	parsing the exponent.
        </para>
       </listitem>
@@ -2741,8 +2741,8 @@ int dectoint(decimal *np, int *ip);
 	is returned.
        </para>
        <para>
-	Note that the ecpg implementation differs from the Informix
-	implementation. Informix limits an integer to the range from -32767 to
+	Note that the ecpg implementation differs from the <productname>Informix</productname>
+	implementation. <productname>Informix</productname> limits an integer to the range from -32767 to
 	32767, while the limits in the ecpg implementation depend on the
 	architecture (<literal>-INT_MAX .. INT_MAX</>).
        </para>
@@ -2767,8 +2767,8 @@ int dectolong(decimal *np, long *lngp);
 	is returned.
        </para>
        <para>
-	Note that the ecpg implementation differs from the Informix
-	implementation. Informix limits a long integer to the range from
+	Note that the ecpg implementation differs from the <productname>Informix</productname>
+	implementation. <productname>Informix</productname> limits a long integer to the range from
 	-2,147,483,647 to 2,147,483,647, while the limits in the ecpg
 	implementation depend on the architecture (<literal>-LONG_MAX ..
 	LONG_MAX</>).
@@ -2795,8 +2795,8 @@ int rdatestr(date d, char *str);
 	error.
        </para>
        <para>
-	Note that ecpg's implementation differs from the Informix
-	implementation. In Informix the format can be influenced by setting
+	Note that ecpg's implementation differs from the <productname>Informix</productname>
+	implementation. In <productname>Informix</productname> the format can be influenced by setting
 	environment variables. In ecpg however, you cannot change the output
 	format.
        </para>
@@ -2814,7 +2814,7 @@ int rstrdate(char *str, date *d);
 	The function receives the textual representation of the date to convert
 	(<literal>str</>) and a pointer to a variable of type date
 	(<literal>d</>). This function does not allow you to specify a format
-	mask. It uses the default format mask of Informix which is
+	mask. It uses the default format mask of <productname>Informix</productname> which is
 	<literal>mm/dd/yyyy</>. Internally, this function is implemented by
 	means of <function>rdefmtdate</>. Therefore, <function>rstrdate</> is
 	not faster and if you have the choice you should opt for
@@ -3167,9 +3167,9 @@ int dttofmtasc(timestamp *ts, char *output, int str_len, char *fmtstr);
 	error occurred.
        </para>
        <para>
-	Internally this function uses the <xref
+	Internally, this function uses the <xref
 	linkend="PGTYPEStimestampfmtasc"> function. See the reference there for
-	informations on what format mask specifiers can be used.
+	information on what format mask specifiers can be used.
        </para>
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
@@ -3396,52 +3396,52 @@ int rsetnull(int t, char *ptr);
         <itemizedlist>
          <listitem>
           <para>
-	   <literal>CCHARTYPE</literal> - For a variable of type char or char*
+	   <literal>CCHARTYPE</literal> - For a variable of type <type>char</type> or <type>char*</type>
           </para>
          </listitem>
          <listitem>
           <para>
-	   <literal>CSHORTTYPE</literal> - For a variable of type short int
+	   <literal>CSHORTTYPE</literal> - For a variable of type <type>short int</type>
           </para>
          </listitem>
          <listitem>
           <para>
-	   <literal>CINTTYPE</literal> - For a variable of type int
+	   <literal>CINTTYPE</literal> - For a variable of type <type>int</type>
           </para>
          </listitem>
          <listitem>
           <para>
-	   <literal>CBOOLTYPE</literal> - For a variable of type boolean
+	   <literal>CBOOLTYPE</literal> - For a variable of type <type>boolean</type>
           </para>
          </listitem>
          <listitem>
           <para>
-	   <literal>CFLOATTYPE</literal> - For a variable of type float
+	   <literal>CFLOATTYPE</literal> - For a variable of type <type>float</type>
           </para>
          </listitem>
          <listitem>
           <para>
-	   <literal>CLONGTYPE</literal> - For a variable of type long
+	   <literal>CLONGTYPE</literal> - For a variable of type <type>long</type>
           </para>
          </listitem>
          <listitem>
           <para>
-	   <literal>CDOUBLETYPE</literal> - For a variable of type double
+	   <literal>CDOUBLETYPE</literal> - For a variable of type <type>double</type>
           </para>
          </listitem>
          <listitem>
           <para>
-	   <literal>CDECIMALTYPE</literal> - For a variable of type decimal
+	   <literal>CDECIMALTYPE</literal> - For a variable of type <type>decimal</type>
           </para>
          </listitem>
          <listitem>
           <para>
-	   <literal>CDATETYPE</literal> - For a variable of type date
+	   <literal>CDATETYPE</literal> - For a variable of type <type>date</type>
           </para>
          </listitem>
          <listitem>
           <para>
-	   <literal>CDTIMETYPE</literal> - For a variable of type timestamp
+	   <literal>CDTIMETYPE</literal> - For a variable of type <type>timestamp</type>
           </para>
          </listitem>
         </itemizedlist>
@@ -3508,7 +3508,7 @@ risnull(CINTTYPE, (char *) &amp;i);
       <listitem>
        <para>
 	Functions return this value if an overflow occurred in a
-	calculation. Internally it is defined to -1200 (the Informix
+	calculation. Internally it is defined to -1200 (the <productname>Informix</productname>
 	definition).
        </para>
       </listitem>
@@ -3519,7 +3519,7 @@ risnull(CINTTYPE, (char *) &amp;i);
       <listitem>
        <para>
 	Functions return this value if an underflow occurred in a calculation.
-	Internally it is defined to -1201 (the Informix definition).
+	Internally it is defined to -1201 (the <productname>Informix</productname> definition).
        </para>
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
@@ -3529,7 +3529,7 @@ risnull(CINTTYPE, (char *) &amp;i);
       <listitem>
        <para>
 	Functions return this value if an attempt to divide by zero is
-	observed. Internally it is defined to -1202 (the Informix definition).
+	observed. Internally it is defined to -1202 (the <productname>Informix</productname> definition).
        </para>
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
@@ -3539,7 +3539,7 @@ risnull(CINTTYPE, (char *) &amp;i);
       <listitem>
        <para>
 	Functions return this value if a bad value for a year was found while
-	parsing a date. Internally it is defined to -1204 (the Informix
+	parsing a date. Internally it is defined to -1204 (the <productname>Informix</productname>
 	definition).
        </para>
       </listitem>
@@ -3550,7 +3550,7 @@ risnull(CINTTYPE, (char *) &amp;i);
       <listitem>
        <para>
 	Functions return this value if a bad value for a month was found while
-	parsing a date. Internally it is defined to -1205 (the Informix
+	parsing a date. Internally it is defined to -1205 (the <productname>Informix</productname>
 	definition).
        </para>
       </listitem>
@@ -3561,7 +3561,7 @@ risnull(CINTTYPE, (char *) &amp;i);
       <listitem>
        <para>
 	Functions return this value if a bad value for a day was found while
-	parsing a date. Internally it is defined to -1206 (the Informix
+	parsing a date. Internally it is defined to -1206 (the <productname>Informix</productname>
 	definition).
        </para>
       </listitem>
@@ -3573,7 +3573,7 @@ risnull(CINTTYPE, (char *) &amp;i);
        <para>
 	Functions return this value if a parsing routine needs a short date
 	representation but did not get the date string in the right length.
-	Internally it is defined to -1209 (the Informix definition).
+	Internally it is defined to -1209 (the <productname>Informix</productname> definition).
        </para>
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
@@ -3583,7 +3583,7 @@ risnull(CINTTYPE, (char *) &amp;i);
       <listitem>
        <para>
 	Functions return this value if Internally it is defined to -1210 (the
-	Informix definition).
+	<productname>Informix</productname> definition).
        </para>
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
@@ -3593,7 +3593,7 @@ risnull(CINTTYPE, (char *) &amp;i);
       <listitem>
        <para>
 	Functions return this value if Internally it is defined to -1211 (the
-	Informix definition).
+	<productname>Informix</productname> definition).
        </para>
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
@@ -3604,7 +3604,7 @@ risnull(CINTTYPE, (char *) &amp;i);
        <para>
 	Functions return this value if a parsing routine was supposed to get a
 	format mask (like <literal>mmddyy</>) but not all fields were listed
-	correctly. Internally it is defined to -1212 (the Informix definition).
+	correctly. Internally it is defined to -1212 (the <productname>Informix</productname> definition).
        </para>
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
@@ -3617,7 +3617,7 @@ risnull(CINTTYPE, (char *) &amp;i);
 	the textual representation for a numeric value because it contains
 	errors or if a routine cannot complete a calculation involving numeric
 	variables because at least one of the numeric variables is invalid.
-	Internally it is defined to -1213 (the Informix definition).
+	Internally it is defined to -1213 (the <productname>Informix</productname> definition).
        </para>
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
@@ -3627,7 +3627,7 @@ risnull(CINTTYPE, (char *) &amp;i);
       <listitem>
        <para>
 	Functions return this value if Internally it is defined to -1216 (the
-	Informix definition).
+	<productname>Informix</productname> definition).
        </para>
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
@@ -3637,7 +3637,7 @@ risnull(CINTTYPE, (char *) &amp;i);
       <listitem>
        <para>
 	Functions return this value if Internally it is defined to -1218 (the
-	Informix definition).
+	<productname>Informix</productname> definition).
        </para>
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
@@ -3647,7 +3647,7 @@ risnull(CINTTYPE, (char *) &amp;i);
       <listitem>
        <para>
 	Functions return this value if Internally it is defined to -1264 (the
-	Informix definition).
+	<productname>Informix</productname> definition).
        </para>
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
index ee913ce40d4..c134e7169bf 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml,v 1.343 2006/10/01 18:54:31 tgl Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml,v 1.344 2006/10/23 18:10:31 petere Exp $ -->
 
  <chapter id="functions">
   <title>Functions and Operators</title>
@@ -7686,7 +7686,7 @@ SELECT NULLIF(value, '(none)') ...
 
   <para>
    Array comparisons compare the array contents element-by-element,
-   using the default btree comparison function for the element data type.
+   using the default B-Tree comparison function for the element data type.
    In multidimensional arrays the elements are visited in row-major order
    (last subscript varies most rapidly).
    If the contents of two arrays are equal but the dimensionality is
@@ -9003,8 +9003,8 @@ AND
    <literal>&gt;</> or
    <literal>&gt;=</>,
    or has semantics similar to one of these.  (To be specific, an operator
-   can be a row comparison operator if it is a member of a btree operator
-   class, or is the negator of the <literal>=</> member of a btree operator
+   can be a row comparison operator if it is a member of a B-Tree operator
+   class, or is the negator of the <literal>=</> member of a B-Tree operator
    class.)
   </para>
 
@@ -10251,35 +10251,35 @@ SELECT set_config('log_statement_stats', 'off', false);
         <literal><function>pg_switch_xlog</function>()</literal>
         </entry>
        <entry><type>text</type></entry>
-       <entry>Force switch to a new xlog file</entry>
+       <entry>Force switch to a new transaction log file</entry>
       </row>
       <row>
        <entry>
         <literal><function>pg_current_xlog_location</function>()</literal>
         </entry>
        <entry><type>text</type></entry>
-       <entry>Get current xlog write location</entry>
+       <entry>Get current transaction log write location</entry>
       </row>
       <row>
        <entry>
         <literal><function>pg_current_xlog_insert_location</function>()</literal>
         </entry>
        <entry><type>text</type></entry>
-       <entry>Get current xlog insert location</entry>
+       <entry>Get current transaction log insert location</entry>
       </row>
       <row>
        <entry>
         <literal><function>pg_xlogfile_name_offset</function>(<parameter>location</> <type>text</>)</literal>
         </entry>
        <entry><type>text</>, <type>integer</></entry>
-       <entry>Convert xlog location string to filename and decimal byte offset within file</entry>
+       <entry>Convert transaction log location string to file name and decimal byte offset within file</entry>
       </row>
       <row>
        <entry>
         <literal><function>pg_xlogfile_name</function>(<parameter>location</> <type>text</>)</literal>
         </entry>
        <entry><type>text</type></entry>
-       <entry>Convert xlog location string to filename</entry>
+       <entry>Convert transaction log location string to file name</entry>
       </row>
      </tbody>
     </tgroup>
@@ -10290,7 +10290,7 @@ SELECT set_config('log_statement_stats', 'off', false);
     arbitrary user-defined label for the backup.  (Typically this would be
     the name under which the backup dump file will be stored.)  The function
     writes a backup label file into the database cluster's data directory,
-    and then returns the backup's starting xlog location as text.  The user
+    and then returns the backup's starting transaction log location as text.  The user
     need not pay any attention to this result value, but it is provided in
     case it is of use. 
 <programlisting>
@@ -10305,33 +10305,33 @@ postgres=# select pg_start_backup('label_goes_here');
    <para>
     <function>pg_stop_backup</> removes the label file created by
     <function>pg_start_backup</>, and instead creates a backup history file in
-    the xlog archive area.  The history file includes the label given to
-    <function>pg_start_backup</>, the starting and ending xlog locations for
+    the transaction log archive area.  The history file includes the label given to
+    <function>pg_start_backup</>, the starting and ending transaction log locations for
     the backup, and the starting and ending times of the backup.  The return
-    value is the backup's ending xlog location (which again may be of little
-    interest).  After noting the ending location, the current xlog insertion
-    point is automatically advanced to the next xlog file, so that the
-    ending xlog file can be archived immediately to complete the backup.
+    value is the backup's ending transaction log location (which again may be of little
+    interest).  After noting the ending location, the current transaction log insertion
+    point is automatically advanced to the next transaction log file, so that the
+    ending transaction log file can be archived immediately to complete the backup.
    </para>
 
    <para>
-    <function>pg_switch_xlog</> moves to the next xlog file, allowing the 
+    <function>pg_switch_xlog</> moves to the next transaction log file, allowing the 
     current file to be archived (assuming you are using continuous archiving).
-    The result is the ending xlog location within the just-completed xlog file.
-    If there has been no xlog activity since the last xlog switch,
+    The result is the ending transaction log location within the just-completed transaction log file.
+    If there has been no transaction log activity since the last transaction log switch,
     <function>pg_switch_xlog</> does nothing and returns the end location
-    of the previous xlog file.
+    of the previous transaction log file.
    </para>
 
    <para>
-    <function>pg_current_xlog_location</> displays the current xlog write
+    <function>pg_current_xlog_location</> displays the current transaction log write
     location in the same format used by the above functions.  Similarly
-    <function>pg_current_xlog_insert_location</> displays the current xlog
-    insertion point.  The insertion point is the <quote>logical</> end of xlog
+    <function>pg_current_xlog_insert_location</> displays the current transaction log
+    insertion point.  The insertion point is the <quote>logical</> end of transaction log
     at any instant, while the write location is the end of what has actually
     been written out from the server's internal buffers.  The write location
     is the end of what can be examined from outside the server, and is usually
-    what you want if you are interested in archiving partially-complete xlog
+    what you want if you are interested in archiving partially-complete transaction log
     files.  The insertion point is made available primarily for server
     debugging purposes.  These are both read-only operations and do not
     require superuser permissions.
@@ -10339,7 +10339,7 @@ postgres=# select pg_start_backup('label_goes_here');
 
    <para>
     You can use <function>pg_xlogfile_name_offset</> to extract the
-    corresponding xlog filename and byte offset from the results of any of the
+    corresponding transaction log file name and byte offset from the results of any of the
     above functions.  For example:
 <programlisting>
 postgres=# select * from pg_xlogfile_name_offset(pg_stop_backup());
@@ -10348,10 +10348,10 @@ postgres=# select * from pg_xlogfile_name_offset(pg_stop_backup());
  00000001000000000000000D |     4039624
 (1 row)
 </programlisting>
-    Similarly, <function>pg_xlogfile_name</> extracts just the xlog filename.
-    When the given xlog location is exactly at an xlog file boundary, both
-    these functions return the name of the preceding xlog file.
-    This is usually the desired behavior for managing xlog archiving
+    Similarly, <function>pg_xlogfile_name</> extracts just the transaction log file name.
+    When the given transction log location is exactly at an transaction log file boundary, both
+    these functions return the name of the preceding transaction log file.
+    This is usually the desired behavior for managing transaction log archiving
     behavior, since the preceding file is the last one that currently
     needs to be archived.
    </para>
@@ -10574,7 +10574,7 @@ postgres=# select * from pg_xlogfile_name_offset(pg_stop_backup());
     <function>pg_stat_file</> returns a record containing the file
     size, last accessed time stamp, last modified time stamp,
     last file status change time stamp (Unix platforms only),
-    file creation timestamp (Windows only), and a <type>boolean</type>
+    file creation time stamp (Windows only), and a <type>boolean</type>
     indicating if it is a directory.  Typical usages include:
 <programlisting>
 SELECT * FROM pg_stat_file('filename');
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/gist.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/gist.sgml
index 1f12de6df7d..2418c72aa2a 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/gist.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/gist.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/gist.sgml,v 1.26 2006/03/10 19:10:48 momjian Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/gist.sgml,v 1.27 2006/10/23 18:10:31 petere Exp $ -->
 
 <chapter id="GiST">
 <title>GiST Indexes</title>
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@
   <varlistentry>
    <term>cube</term>
    <listitem>
-    <para>Indexing for multi-dimensional cubes</para>
+    <para>Indexing for multidimensional cubes</para>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>
 
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/history.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/history.sgml
index 8532e1373a7..802d94358d1 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/history.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/history.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/history.sgml,v 1.28 2006/03/10 19:10:48 momjian Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/history.sgml,v 1.29 2006/10/23 18:10:31 petere Exp $ -->
 
 <sect1 id="history">
  <title>A Brief History of <productname>PostgreSQL</productname></title>
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
    Office (<acronym>ARO</acronym>), the National Science Foundation
    (<acronym>NSF</acronym>), and ESL, Inc.  The implementation of
    <productname>POSTGRES</productname> began in 1986.  The initial
-   concepts for the system were presented in <xref linkend="STON86">
+   concepts for the system were presented in <xref linkend="STON86">,
    and the definition of the initial data model appeared in <xref
    linkend="ROWE87">.  The design of the rule system at that time was
    described in <xref linkend="STON87a">.  The rationale and
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
    <xref linkend="STON90a">, was released to a few external users in
    June 1989.  In response to a critique of the first rule system
    (<xref linkend="STON89">), the rule system was redesigned (<xref
-   linkend="STON90b">) and Version 2 was released in June 1990 with
+   linkend="STON90b">), and Version 2 was released in June 1990 with
    the new rule system.  Version 3 appeared in 1991 and added support
    for multiple storage managers, an improved query executor, and a
    rewritten rule system.  For the most part, subsequent releases
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/indices.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/indices.sgml
index 59ca5525caf..fd8bb7251ed 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/indices.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/indices.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/indices.sgml,v 1.64 2006/09/18 12:11:36 teodor Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/indices.sgml,v 1.65 2006/10/23 18:10:31 petere Exp $ -->
 
 <chapter id="indexes">
  <title id="indexes-title">Indexes</title>
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ CREATE INDEX <replaceable>name</replaceable> ON <replaceable>table</replaceable>
    indexing strategy.  
    As an example, the standard distribution of
    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> includes GIN operator classes
-   for one-dimentional arrays, which support indexed
+   for one-dimensional arrays, which support indexed
    queries using these operators:
 
    <simplelist>
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ CREATE INDEX <replaceable>name</replaceable> ON <replaceable>table</replaceable>
    (See <xref linkend="functions-array"> for the meaning of
    these operators.)
    Other GIN operator classes are available in the <literal>contrib</>
-   tsearch2 and intarray modules. For more information see <xref linkend="GIN">.
+   <literal>tsearch2</literal> and <literal>intarray</literal> modules. For more information see <xref linkend="GIN">.
   </para>
  </sect1>
 
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/information_schema.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/information_schema.sgml
index 61293b63d24..58cde10f06e 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/information_schema.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/information_schema.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/information_schema.sgml,v 1.28 2006/10/03 01:03:53 momjian Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/information_schema.sgml,v 1.29 2006/10/23 18:10:31 petere Exp $ -->
 
 <chapter id="information-schema">
  <title>The Information Schema</title>
@@ -2313,7 +2313,7 @@ ORDER BY c.ordinal_position;
       <entry>
        <literal>IN</literal> for input parameter,
        <literal>OUT</literal> for output parameter,
-       and <literal>INOUT</literal> for input/ouput parameter.
+       and <literal>INOUT</literal> for input/output parameter.
       </entry>
      </row>
 
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
index bebac27af5a..f648843689f 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml,v 1.218 2006/10/21 18:25:01 momjian Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml,v 1.219 2006/10/23 18:10:31 petere Exp $ -->
 
  <chapter id="libpq">
   <title><application>libpq</application> - C Library</title>
@@ -3805,8 +3805,9 @@ It is good practice not to send the original cleartext password in such a
 command, because it might be exposed in command logs, activity displays,
 and so on.  Instead, use this function to convert the password to encrypted
 form before it is sent.  The arguments are the cleartext password, and the SQL
-name of the user it is for.  The return value is a malloc'd string, or NULL if
-out-of-memory.  The caller may assume the string doesn't contain any special
+name of the user it is for.  The return value is a string allocated by
+<function>malloc</function>, or <symbol>NULL</symbol> if out of memory.
+The caller may assume the string doesn't contain any special
 characters that would require escaping.  Use <function>PQfreemem</> to free
 the result when done with it.
 </para>
@@ -4232,7 +4233,7 @@ current connection parameters will be used.  (Therefore, put more-specific
 entries first when you are using wildcards.)
 If an entry needs to contain <literal>:</literal> or
 <literal>\</literal>, escape this character with <literal>\</literal>.
-A hostname of <literal>localhost</> matches both TCP (hostname
+A host name of <literal>localhost</> matches both TCP (hostname
 <literal>localhost</>) and Unix domain socket (<literal>pghost</> empty or the
 default socket directory) connections coming from the local machine.
 </para>
@@ -4380,7 +4381,7 @@ ldap://ldap.mycompany.com/dc=mycompany,dc=com?uniqueMember?one?(cn=mydatabase)
    fail if the server does not present a certificate; therefore, to
    use this feature the server must also have a <filename>root.crt</> file.
    Certificate Revocation List (CRL) entries are also checked if the file
-   <filename>~/.postgresql/root.crl</filename> exists (%APPDATA%\postgresql\root.crl
+   <filename>~/.postgresql/root.crl</filename> exists (<filename>%APPDATA%\postgresql\root.crl</filename>
    on Microsoft Windows).
   </para>
 
@@ -4430,7 +4431,7 @@ int PQisthreadsafe();
 </para>
 
 <para>
-       Returns 1 if the <application>libpq</application> is thead-safe and
+       Returns 1 if the <application>libpq</application> is thread-safe and
        0 if it is not.
 </para>
 </listitem>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/lobj.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/lobj.sgml
index 52aae72d1e1..47801bb7331 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/lobj.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/lobj.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/lobj.sgml,v 1.41 2006/09/16 00:30:14 momjian Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/lobj.sgml,v 1.42 2006/10/23 18:10:31 petere Exp $ -->
 
  <chapter id="largeObjects">
   <title id="largeObjects-title">Large Objects</title>
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ Oid lo_creat(PGconn *conn, int mode);
      <indexterm><primary>lo_creat</></>
      creates a new large object.  
      The return value is the OID that was assigned to the new large object,
-     or InvalidOid (zero) on failure.
+     or <symbol>InvalidOid</symbol> (zero) on failure.
 
      <replaceable class="parameter">mode</replaceable> is unused and
      ignored as of <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 8.1; however, for
@@ -123,16 +123,16 @@ Oid lo_create(PGconn *conn, Oid lobjId);
      specified by <replaceable class="parameter">lobjId</replaceable>;
      if so, failure occurs if that OID is already in use for some large
      object.  If <replaceable class="parameter">lobjId</replaceable>
-     is InvalidOid (zero) then <function>lo_create</> assigns an unused
+     is <symbol>InvalidOid</symbol> (zero) then <function>lo_create</> assigns an unused
      OID (this is the same behavior as <function>lo_creat</>).
      The return value is the OID that was assigned to the new large object,
-     or InvalidOid (zero) on failure.
+     or <symbol>InvalidOid</symbol> (zero) on failure.
     </para>
 
     <para>
      <function>lo_create</> is new as of <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>
      8.1; if this function is run against an older server version, it will
-     fail and return InvalidOid.
+     fail and return <symbol>InvalidOid</symbol>.
     </para>
 
     <para>
@@ -156,9 +156,9 @@ Oid lo_import(PGconn *conn, const char *filename);
      specifies the operating system name of
      the file to be imported as a large object.
      The return value is the OID that was assigned to the new large object,
-     or InvalidOid (zero) on failure.
+     or <symbol>InvalidOid</symbol> (zero) on failure.
      Note that the file is read by the client interface library, not by
-     the server; so it must exist in the client filesystem and be readable
+     the server; so it must exist in the client file system and be readable
      by the client application.
     </para>
    </sect2>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/maintenance.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/maintenance.sgml
index e4d399efbe3..6033cf2c5ed 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/maintenance.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/maintenance.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/maintenance.sgml,v 1.62 2006/09/16 00:30:14 momjian Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/maintenance.sgml,v 1.63 2006/10/23 18:10:31 petere Exp $ -->
 
 <chapter id="maintenance">
  <title>Routine Database Maintenance Tasks</title>
@@ -90,9 +90,10 @@
 
   <para>
    The standard form of <command>VACUUM</> can run in parallel with production
-   database operations. Commands such as SELECTs, INSERTs, UPDATEs and DELETEs
+   database operations. Commands such as <command>SELECT</command>,
+   <command>INSERT</command>, <command>UPDATE</command>, and <command>DELETE</command>
    will continue to function as normal, though you will not be able to modify the
-   definition of a table with commands such as ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN
+   definition of a table with commands such as <command>ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN</command>
    while it is being vacuumed.
    Beginning in <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 8.0, there are
    configuration parameters that can be adjusted to further reduce the
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/plperl.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/plperl.sgml
index 42a5a578c61..b9668103ecd 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/plperl.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/plperl.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/plperl.sgml,v 2.57 2006/09/16 00:30:14 momjian Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/plperl.sgml,v 2.58 2006/10/23 18:10:31 petere Exp $ -->
 
  <chapter id="plperl">
   <title>PL/Perl - Perl Procedural Language</title>
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
    within stored functions, of the manyfold <quote>string
     munging</quote> operators and functions available for Perl.  Parsing
    complex strings may be be easier using Perl than it is with the
-   string functions and control structures provided in PL/pgsql.</para>
+   string functions and control structures provided in PL/pgSQL.</para>
   
   <para>
    To install PL/Perl in a particular database, use
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ SELECT * FROM perl_row();
 </programlisting>
 
    Any columns in the declared result data type that are not present in the
-   hash will be returned as NULLs.
+   hash will be returned as null values.
   </para>
 
   <para>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/plpgsql.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/plpgsql.sgml
index 3fc8245cb72..57e6672fc0a 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/plpgsql.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/plpgsql.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/plpgsql.sgml,v 1.100 2006/09/16 00:30:14 momjian Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/plpgsql.sgml,v 1.101 2006/10/23 18:10:31 petere Exp $ -->
 
 <chapter id="plpgsql"> 
   <title><application>PL/pgSQL</application> - <acronym>SQL</acronym> Procedural Language</title>
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ $$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
      client and server </para></listitem>
 
      <listitem><para> Intermediate results that the client does not
-     need do not need to be marshalled or transferred between server
+     need do not need to be marshaled or transferred between server
      and client </para></listitem>
 
      <listitem><para> There is no need for additional rounds of query
@@ -1066,7 +1066,7 @@ tax := subtotal * 0.06;
      Any <application>PL/pgSQL</application> variable name appearing
      in the query text is replaced by a parameter symbol, and then the
      current value of the variable is provided as the parameter value
-     at runtime.  This allows the same textual query to do different
+     at run time.  This allows the same textual query to do different
      things in different calls of the function.
     </para>
 
@@ -1182,7 +1182,7 @@ DELETE ... RETURNING <replaceable>expressions</replaceable> INTO <optional>STRIC
      substituted into the rest of the query as usual.
      This works for <command>SELECT</>,
      <command>INSERT</>/<command>UPDATE</>/<command>DELETE</> with
-     <literal>RETURNING</>, and utility commands that return rowset
+     <literal>RETURNING</>, and utility commands that return row-set
      results (such as <command>EXPLAIN</>).
      Except for the <literal>INTO</> clause, the SQL command is the same
      as it would be written outside <application>PL/pgSQL</application>.
@@ -2738,7 +2738,7 @@ RAISE EXCEPTION 'Nonexistent ID --> %', user_id;
 
     <para>
      <command>RAISE EXCEPTION</command> presently always generates
-     the same SQLSTATE code, <literal>P0001</>, no matter what message
+     the same <varname>SQLSTATE</varname> code, <literal>P0001</>, no matter what message
      it is invoked with.  It is possible to trap this exception with
      <literal>EXCEPTION ... WHEN RAISE_EXCEPTION THEN ...</> but there
      is no way to tell one <command>RAISE</> from another.
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/plpython.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/plpython.sgml
index 23e2dfeba9d..d6f5aa3d96a 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/plpython.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/plpython.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/plpython.sgml,v 1.35 2006/10/21 18:33:05 tgl Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/plpython.sgml,v 1.36 2006/10/23 18:10:31 petere Exp $ -->
 
 <chapter id="plpython">
  <title>PL/Python - Python Procedural Language</title>
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ $$ LANGUAGE plpythonu;
    <varname>args[]</varname>; named arguments are also passed as ordinary
    variables to the Python script. The result is returned from the Python code
    in the usual way, with <literal>return</literal> or
-   <literal>yield</literal> (in case of a resultset statement).
+   <literal>yield</literal> (in case of a result-set statement).
   </para>
 
   <para>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/queries.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/queries.sgml
index 2eedbca3d1e..15ee5009f85 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/queries.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/queries.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/queries.sgml,v 1.37 2006/10/22 03:03:41 tgl Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/queries.sgml,v 1.38 2006/10/23 18:10:31 petere Exp $ -->
 
 <chapter id="queries">
  <title>Queries</title>
@@ -1367,7 +1367,7 @@ VALUES ( <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> [, ...] ) [, ..
    Each parenthesized list of expressions generates a row in the table.
    The lists must all have the same number of elements (i.e., the number
    of columns in the table), and corresponding entries in each list must
-   have compatible datatypes.  The actual datatype assigned to each column
+   have compatible data types.  The actual data type assigned to each column
    of the result is determined using the same rules as for <literal>UNION</>
    (see <xref linkend="typeconv-union-case">).
   </para>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml
index 29eca1b6742..d26f41e8f19 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml,v 1.91 2006/10/13 21:43:18 tgl Exp $
+$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml,v 1.92 2006/10/23 18:10:32 petere Exp $
 PostgreSQL documentation
 -->
 
@@ -740,7 +740,7 @@ ALTER TABLE foo
 
   <para>
    The same, when the column has a default expression that won't automatically
-   cast to the new datatype:
+   cast to the new data type:
 <programlisting>
 ALTER TABLE foo
     ALTER COLUMN foo_timestamp DROP DEFAULT,
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/comment.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/comment.sgml
index 789541b35a6..d2cf39a20c4 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/comment.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/comment.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/comment.sgml,v 1.32 2006/09/16 00:30:17 momjian Exp $
+$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/comment.sgml,v 1.33 2006/10/23 18:10:32 petere Exp $
 PostgreSQL documentation
 -->
 
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ COMMENT ON
    connected to a database can see all the comments for objects in
    that database (although only superusers can change comments for
    objects that they don't own).  For shared objects such as
-   databases, roles, and tablespaces comments are stored gloablly
+   databases, roles, and tablespaces comments are stored globally
    and any user connected to any database can see all the comments
    for shared objects.  Therefore, don't put security-critical
    information in comments.
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_trigger.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_trigger.sgml
index 4b076dfcf42..fcbe444574b 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_trigger.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_trigger.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_trigger.sgml,v 1.44 2006/09/16 00:30:17 momjian Exp $
+$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_trigger.sgml,v 1.45 2006/10/23 18:10:32 petere Exp $
 PostgreSQL documentation
 -->
 
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ CREATE TRIGGER <replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable> { BEFORE | AFTE
    DELETE</literal> to always fire before the delete action, even a cascading
    one.  This is considered more consistent.  There is also unpredictable
    behavior when <literal>BEFORE</literal> triggers modify rows that are later
-   to be modified by referential actions.  This can lead to contraint violations
+   to be modified by referential actions.  This can lead to constraint violations
    or stored data that does not honor the referential constraint.
   </para>
 
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_type.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_type.sgml
index f98b2a099a8..139690879f6 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_type.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_type.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_type.sgml,v 1.28 2006/09/16 00:30:18 momjian Exp $
+$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_type.sgml,v 1.29 2006/10/23 18:10:32 petere Exp $
 PostgreSQL documentation
 -->
 
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ DROP TYPE box;
 
   <para>
    This command is similar to the corresponding command in the SQL
-   standard, aapart from the <literal>IF EXISTS</>
+   standard, apart from the <literal>IF EXISTS</>
    option, which is a <productname>PostgreSQL</> extension.
    But note that the <command>CREATE TYPE</command> command
    and the data type extension mechanisms in
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/insert.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/insert.sgml
index 140ec7745f2..a48b335366e 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/insert.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/insert.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/insert.sgml,v 1.33 2006/09/18 19:54:01 tgl Exp $
+$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/insert.sgml,v 1.34 2006/10/23 18:10:32 petere Exp $
 PostgreSQL documentation
 -->
 
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ INSERT INTO films DEFAULT VALUES;
   </para>
 
   <para>
-   To insert multiple rows using the multi-row <command>VALUES</> syntax:
+   To insert multiple rows using the multirow <command>VALUES</> syntax:
 
 <programlisting>
 INSERT INTO films (code, title, did, date_prod, kind) VALUES
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_config-ref.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_config-ref.sgml
index 06d2ab65cc6..95aa733fcee 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_config-ref.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_config-ref.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_config-ref.sgml,v 1.24 2006/09/16 00:30:19 momjian Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_config-ref.sgml,v 1.25 2006/10/23 18:10:32 petere Exp $ -->
 
 <refentry id="app-pgconfig">
  <refmeta>
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@
      <term><option>--cc</option></>
      <listitem>
       <para>
-       Print the value of the CC macro that was used for building
+       Print the value of the <varname>CC</varname> variable that was used for building
        <productname>PostgreSQL</>.  This shows the C compiler used.
       </para>
      </listitem>
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
      <term><option>--cppflags</option></>
      <listitem>
       <para>
-       Print the value of the CPPFLAGS macro that was used for building
+       Print the value of the <varname>CPPFLAGS</varname> variable that was used for building
        <productname>PostgreSQL</>.  This shows C compiler switches needed
        at preprocessing time (typically, <literal>-I</> switches).
       </para>
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@
      <term><option>--cflags</option></>
      <listitem>
       <para>
-       Print the value of the CFLAGS macro that was used for building
+       Print the value of the <varname>CFLAGS</varname> variable that was used for building
        <productname>PostgreSQL</>.  This shows C compiler switches.
       </para>
      </listitem>
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@
      <term><option>--cflags_sl</option></>
      <listitem>
       <para>
-       Print the value of the CFLAGS_SL macro that was used for building
+       Print the value of the <varname>CFLAGS_SL</varname> variable that was used for building
        <productname>PostgreSQL</>.  This shows extra C compiler switches
        used for building shared libraries.
       </para>
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@
      <term><option>--ldflags</option></>
      <listitem>
       <para>
-       Print the value of the LDFLAGS macro that was used for building
+       Print the value of the <varname>LDFLAGS</varname> variable that was used for building
        <productname>PostgreSQL</>.  This shows linker switches.
       </para>
      </listitem>
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@
      <term><option>--ldflags_sl</option></>
      <listitem>
       <para>
-       Print the value of the LDFLAGS_SL macro that was used for building
+       Print the value of the <varname>LDFLAGS_SL</varname> variable that was used for building
        <productname>PostgreSQL</>.  This shows linker switches
        used for building shared libraries.
       </para>
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@
      <term><option>--libs</option></>
      <listitem>
       <para>
-       Print the value of the LIBS macro that was used for building
+       Print the value of the <varname>LIBS</varname> variable that was used for building
        <productname>PostgreSQL</>.  This normally contains <literal>-l</>
        switches for external libraries linked into <productname>PostgreSQL</>.
       </para>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
index 9aa4baf84e7..13fde9d2faf 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml,v 1.90 2006/10/09 23:36:58 tgl Exp $
+$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml,v 1.91 2006/10/23 18:10:32 petere Exp $
 PostgreSQL documentation
 -->
 
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ CREATE DATABASE foo WITH TEMPLATE template0;
   </para>
 
   <para>
-   Because <application>pg_dump</application> is used to tranfer data
+   Because <application>pg_dump</application> is used to transfer data
    to newer versions of <productname>PostgreSQL</>, the output of
    <application>pg_dump</application> can be loaded into
    newer <productname>PostgreSQL</> databases.  It also can read older
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
index fae6984f26b..d80249c7dae 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml,v 1.171 2006/10/09 23:31:29 tgl Exp $
+$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml,v 1.172 2006/10/23 18:10:32 petere Exp $
 PostgreSQL documentation
 -->
 
@@ -2772,7 +2772,7 @@ Field separator is "oo".
 
     <listitem>
      <para>
-      Set the console font to <quote>Lucida Console</>, because the
+      Set the console font to <literal>Lucida Console</>, because the
       raster font does not work with the ANSI code page.
      </para>
     </listitem>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/values.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/values.sgml
index 9af66c387db..eedf431ebff 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/values.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/values.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/values.sgml,v 1.1 2006/09/18 19:54:01 tgl Exp $
+$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/values.sgml,v 1.2 2006/10/23 18:10:32 petere Exp $
 PostgreSQL documentation
 -->
 
@@ -202,9 +202,9 @@ UPDATE employees SET salary = salary * v.increase
 
   <para>
    When <command>VALUES</> is used in <command>INSERT</>, the values are all
-   automatically coerced to the datatype of the corresponding destination
+   automatically coerced to the data type of the corresponding destination
    column.  When it's used in other contexts, it may be necessary to specify
-   the correct datatype.  If the entries are all quoted literal constants,
+   the correct data type.  If the entries are all quoted literal constants,
    coercing the first is sufficient to determine the assumed type for all:
 
 <programlisting>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
index dc88d2a7269..2e9a09350a7 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.479 2006/10/21 18:41:53 tgl Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.480 2006/10/23 18:10:31 petere Exp $ -->
 <!--
 
 Typical markup:
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ links to the main documentation.
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Query language enhancements including <command>INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE
-        RETURNING</command>, multi-row <literal>VALUES</literal> lists, and
+        RETURNING</command>, multirow <literal>VALUES</literal> lists, and
         optional target-table alias in
         <command>UPDATE</>/<command>DELETE</command>
        </para>
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ links to the main documentation.
 
       <listitem>
        <para>
-        Many /contrib improvements
+        Many <filename>contrib/</filename> improvements
        </para>
       </listitem>
 
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ links to the main documentation.
         constructor syntax</link> (<literal>ROW(...)</>) so that
         list elements <literal>foo.*</> will be expanded to a list
         of their member fields, rather than creating a nested
-        rowtype field as formerly (Tom)
+        row type field as formerly (Tom)
        </para>
 
        <para>
@@ -298,13 +298,13 @@ links to the main documentation.
 
       <listitem>
        <para>
-        Deprecate use of <application>postmaster</> symlink (Peter)
+        Deprecate use of <application>postmaster</> symbolic link (Peter)
        </para>
 
        <para>
         <application>postmaster</> and <application>postgres</>
         commands now act identically, with the behavior determined
-        by switches.  The <application>postmaster</> symlink is
+        by command-line options.  The <application>postmaster</> symbolic link is
         kept for compatibility, but is not really needed.
        </para>
       </listitem>
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ links to the main documentation.
 
       <listitem>
        <para>
-        Improve cost estimation for nestloop index scans (Tom)
+        Improve cost estimation for nested-loop index scans (Tom)
        </para>
 
        <para>
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ links to the main documentation.
 
       <listitem>
        <para>
-        In /contrib/xml2, rename <function>xml_valid()</> to
+        In <filename>contrib/xml2/<filename>, rename <function>xml_valid()</> to
         <function>xml_is_well_formed()</> (Tom)
        </para>
 
@@ -413,15 +413,16 @@ links to the main documentation.
 
       <listitem>
        <para>
-        Remove /contrib/ora2pg, now at <ulink
+        Remove <filename>contrib/ora2pg/<filename>, now at <ulink
         url="http://www.samse.fr/GPL/ora2pg"></ulink>
        </para>
       </listitem>
 
       <listitem>
        <para>
-        Remove contrib modules that have been migrated to pgfoundry:
-        adddepend, dbase, dbmirror, fulltextindex, mac, userlock
+        Remove contrib modules that have been migrated to PgFoundry:
+        <filename>adddepend</>, <filename>dbase</>, <filename>dbmirror</>,
+        <filename>fulltextindex</>, <filename>mac</>, <filename>userlock</>
        </para>
       </listitem>
 
@@ -506,7 +507,7 @@ links to the main documentation.
        <para>
         This leaves extra free space in each table or index page,
         allowing improved performance as the database grows.  This
-        is particularly valuable to maintain <command>CLUSTER</>ing.
+        is particularly valuable to maintain clustering.
        </para>
       </listitem>
 
@@ -600,7 +601,7 @@ links to the main documentation.
 
       <listitem>
        <para>
-        Speed up vacuuming of btree indexes (Heikki Linnakangas,
+        Speed up vacuuming of B-Tree indexes (Heikki Linnakangas,
         Tom)
        </para>
       </listitem>
@@ -621,7 +622,7 @@ links to the main documentation.
 
       <listitem>
        <para>
-        Remove dead index entries before btree page split (Junji
+        Remove dead index entries before B-Tree page split (Junji
         Teramoto)
        </para>
       </listitem>
@@ -636,16 +637,16 @@ links to the main documentation.
 
       <listitem>
        <para>
-        Allow a forced switch to a new xlog file (Simon, Tom)
+        Allow a forced switch to a new transaction log file (Simon, Tom)
        </para>
 
        <para>
         This is valuable for keeping warm standby slave servers
-        in sync with the master.  xlog file switching now also happens
+        in sync with the master.  Transaction log file switching now also happens
         automatically during <link
         linkend="functions-admin"><function>pg_stop_backup()</></link>.
         This ensures that all
-        xlog files needed for recovery can be archived immediately.
+        transaction log files needed for recovery can be archived immediately.
        </para>
       </listitem>
 
@@ -655,7 +656,7 @@ links to the main documentation.
        </para>
 
        <para>
-        Add functions for interrogating the current xlog insertion
+        Add functions for interrogating the current transaction log insertion
         point and determining <acronym>WAL</> filenames from the
         hex <acronym>WAL</> locations displayed by <link
         linkend="functions-admin"><function>pg_stop_backup()</></link>
@@ -681,7 +682,7 @@ links to the main documentation.
        <para>
         Add <link
         linkend="guc-archive-timeout"><varname>archive_timeout</></link>
-        to force xlog file switches at a given interval (Simon)
+        to force transaction log file switches at a given interval (Simon)
        </para>
 
        <para>
@@ -2653,7 +2654,7 @@ MIN/MAX optimization (Tom)</para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>Fix crash from using and modifying a plpgsql function in the
 same transaction</para></listitem>
 
-<listitem><para>Fix WAL replay for case where a btree index has been
+<listitem><para>Fix WAL replay for case where a B-Tree index has been
 truncated</para></listitem>
 
 <listitem><para>Fix <literal>SIMILAR TO</> for patterns involving
@@ -3776,7 +3777,7 @@ psql -t -f fixseq.sql db1 | psql -e db1
        </para>
        <para>
         This prevents a large number of <filename>*.backup</> files from
-        existing in <filename>/pg_xlog</>.
+        existing in <filename>pg_xlog/</>.
        </para>
       </listitem>
 
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/sources.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/sources.sgml
index 29be20c99ed..1c8d25e4476 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/sources.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/sources.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/sources.sgml,v 2.19 2006/09/16 00:30:15 momjian Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/sources.sgml,v 2.20 2006/10/23 18:10:32 petere Exp $ -->
 
  <chapter id="source">
   <title>PostgreSQL Coding Conventions</title>
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ elog(level, "format string", ...);
 <programlisting>
 ereport(level, (errmsg_internal("format string", ...)));
 </programlisting>
-    Notice that the SQLSTATE errcode is always defaulted, and the message
+    Notice that the SQLSTATE error code is always defaulted, and the message
     string is not included in the internationalization message dictionary.
     Therefore, <function>elog</> should be used only for internal errors and
     low-level debug logging.  Any message that is likely to be of interest to
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/spi.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/spi.sgml
index b8c88555722..c6bf0791410 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/spi.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/spi.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/spi.sgml,v 1.48 2006/09/10 20:56:42 tgl Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/spi.sgml,v 1.49 2006/10/23 18:10:32 petere Exp $ -->
 
 <chapter id="spi">
  <title>Server Programming Interface</title>
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ SPI_execute("INSERT INTO foo SELECT * FROM bar", false, 5);
    then you may use the
    global pointer <literal>SPITupleTable *SPI_tuptable</literal> to
    access the result rows.  Some utility commands (such as
-   <command>EXPLAIN</>) also return rowsets, and <literal>SPI_tuptable</> 
+   <command>EXPLAIN</>) also return row sets, and <literal>SPI_tuptable</> 
    will contain the result in these cases too.
   </para>
 
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml
index 75b14d13f5d..d720e81e16c 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml,v 1.40 2006/09/16 00:30:16 momjian Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml,v 1.41 2006/10/23 18:10:32 petere Exp $ -->
 
 <chapter id="wal">
  <title>Reliability and the Write-Ahead Log</title>
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@
    permanent storage <emphasis>before</> modifying the actual page on
    disk. By doing this, during crash recovery <productname>PostgreSQL</> can
    restore partially-written pages.  If you have a battery-backed disk
-   controller or file-system software (e.g., Reiser4) that prevents partial
-   page writes,  you can turn off this page imaging by using the 
+   controller or file-system software that prevents partial page writes
+   (e.g., ReiserFS 4),  you can turn off this page imaging by using the 
    <xref linkend="guc-full-page-writes"> parameter.
   </para>
  </sect1>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/xindex.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/xindex.sgml
index 3a5a7cb78c9..444839399e1 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/xindex.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/xindex.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/xindex.sgml,v 1.51 2006/09/21 15:09:38 teodor Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/xindex.sgml,v 1.52 2006/10/23 18:10:32 petere Exp $ -->
 
 <sect1 id="xindex">
  <title>Interfacing Extensions To Indexes</title>
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@
      </thead>
      <tbody>
       <row>
-       <entry>consistent - determine whether key satifies the 
+       <entry>consistent - determine whether key satisfies the 
 		query qualifier</entry>
        <entry>1</entry>
       </row>
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