From 4e08d35e7d41b5775c8509973596f01ac2c3f664 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 14:35:24 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Fix documentation problem pointed out by Barry Lind: code
expected a terminating zero byte in StartupMessage, docs didn't mention it.
---
doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml | 10 ++++++----
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml
index 0d288257cc8..2d5b5d8c222 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml,v 1.37 2003/05/07 21:46:15 tgl Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml,v 1.38 2003/05/08 14:35:24 tgl Exp $ -->
<chapter id="protocol">
<title>Frontend/Backend Protocol</title>
@@ -2556,7 +2556,7 @@ ErrorResponse (B)
</VarListEntry>
</VariableList>
The message body consists of one or more identified fields,
- followed by a zero-byte terminator. Fields may appear in
+ followed by a zero byte as a terminator. Fields may appear in
any order. For each field there is the following:
<VariableList>
<VarListEntry>
@@ -2934,7 +2934,7 @@ NoticeResponse (B)
</VarListEntry>
</VariableList>
The message body consists of one or more identified fields,
- followed by a zero-byte terminator. Fields may appear in
+ followed by a zero byte as a terminator. Fields may appear in
any order. For each field there is the following:
<VariableList>
<VarListEntry>
@@ -3640,7 +3640,9 @@ StartupMessage (F)
</VarListEntry>
</VariableList>
The protocol version number is followed by one or more pairs of
- parameter name and value strings. Parameters can appear in any
+ parameter name and value strings. A zero byte is required as a
+ terminator after the last name/value pair.
+ Parameters can appear in any
order. <literal>user</> is required, others are optional.
Each parameter is specified as:
<VariableList>
--
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