From 11a93191dc55a3684065c1c0dc247e22e8ece76a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Thomas G. Lockhart" <lockhart@fourpalms.org>
Date: Mon, 8 May 2000 16:19:56 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Minor fixups for markup and wording.
---
doc/src/sgml/ref/create_sequence.sgml | 17 ++++++++---------
doc/src/sgml/ref/postgres-ref.sgml | 13 ++++++++-----
2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_sequence.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_sequence.sgml
index 6f802346fdd..b72a213e7e3 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_sequence.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_sequence.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_sequence.sgml,v 1.11 1999/07/22 15:09:08 thomas Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_sequence.sgml,v 1.12 2000/05/08 16:19:56 thomas Exp $
Postgres documentation
-->
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ ERROR: DefineSequence: MINVALUE (<replaceable class="parameter">min</replaceabl
</title>
<para>
<command>CREATE SEQUENCE</command> will enter a new sequence number generator
- into the current data base. This involves creating and initialising a
+ into the current data base. This involves creating and initializing a
new single-row
table with the name <replaceable class="parameter">seqname</replaceable>.
The generator will be "owned" by the user issuing the command.
@@ -238,20 +238,19 @@ ERROR: DefineSequence: MINVALUE (<replaceable class="parameter">min</replaceabl
Use a query like
<programlisting>
-SELECT * FROM sequence_name;
+SELECT * FROM <replaceable>seqname</replaceable>;
</programlisting>
to get the parameters of a sequence.
- Aside from fetching the original
- parameters, you can use
+ As an alternative to fetching the
+ parameters from the original definition as above, you can use
<programlisting>
-SELECT last_value FROM sequence_name;
+SELECT last_value FROM <replaceable>seqname</replaceable>;
</programlisting>
to obtain the last value allocated by any backend.
- parameters, you can use
</para>
<para>
@@ -263,7 +262,7 @@ SELECT last_value FROM sequence_name;
<para>
Unexpected results may be obtained if a cache setting greater than one
is used for a sequence object that will be used concurrently by multiple
- backends. Each backend will allocate "cache" successive sequence values
+ backends. Each backend will allocate and cache successive sequence values
during one access to the sequence object and increase the sequence
object's last_value accordingly. Then, the next cache-1 uses of nextval
within that backend simply return the preallocated values without touching
@@ -291,7 +290,7 @@ SELECT last_value FROM sequence_name;
Notes
</title>
<para>
- Refer to the <command>DROP SEQUENCE</command> statement to remove a sequence.
+ Use <command>DROP SEQUENCE</command> to remove a sequence.
</para>
<para>
Each backend uses its own cache to store allocated numbers.
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/postgres-ref.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/postgres-ref.sgml
index c41ad4bfe87..98ade29ff30 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/postgres-ref.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/postgres-ref.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/postgres-ref.sgml,v 1.8 2000/05/03 07:33:44 inoue Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/postgres-ref.sgml,v 1.9 2000/05/08 16:19:56 thomas Exp $
Postgres documentation
-->
@@ -125,7 +125,8 @@ postgres [ -B <replaceable class="parameter">nBuffers</replaceable> ] [ -C ] [ -
<listitem>
<para>
Override restrictions, so system table structures can be modified.
- These tables are typically those with a leading "pg_" in the table name.
+ These tables are typically those with a leading
+ "<literal>pg_</literal>" in the table name.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -134,9 +135,11 @@ postgres [ -B <replaceable class="parameter">nBuffers</replaceable> ] [ -C ] [ -
<term>-P</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Ignore system indexes to scan/update system tuples. Reindex command
- for system table/indexes requires this option. System tables are
- typically those with a leading "pg_" in the table name.
+ Ignore system indexes to scan/update system
+ tuples. <command>REINDEX</command> for system tables/indexes
+ requires this option. System tables are
+ typically those with a leading "<literal>pg_</literal>" in the
+ table name.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
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