From 45edc20283fc870f4e0f30450d929f1207a13887 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 15:54:33 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add mention of how to use \df to find functions
using/returning specific data types.
---
doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml | 11 ++++++++---
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
index 8b2289164a0..e6bbcea60b1 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 1.108 2004/03/24 03:27:46 momjian Exp $
+$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml,v 1.109 2004/03/30 15:54:33 momjian Exp $
PostgreSQL documentation
-->
@@ -904,12 +904,17 @@ testdb=>
return types. If <replaceable
class="parameter">pattern</replaceable>
is specified, only functions whose names match the pattern are shown.
- If the form
- <literal>\df+</literal> is used, additional information about
+ If the form <literal>\df+</literal> is used, additional information about
each function, including language and description, is shown.
</para>
<note>
+ <para>
+ To look up functions taking argument or returning values of a specific
+ type, use your pager's search capability to scroll through the <literal>\df</>
+ output.
+ </para>
+
<para>
To reduce clutter, <literal>\df</> does not show data type I/O
functions. This is implemented by ignoring functions that accept
--
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