From 8ba4ccda457530c65f5f08cb4665c23ce355381d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2016 12:46:04 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Docs: improve examples about not repeating table name in
UPDATE ... SET.
Alexander Law
---
doc/src/sgml/ref/insert.sgml | 4 ++--
doc/src/sgml/ref/update.sgml | 2 +-
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/insert.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/insert.sgml
index e710cf4091b..0406a097f55 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/insert.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/insert.sgml
@@ -194,8 +194,8 @@ INSERT INTO <replaceable class="PARAMETER">table_name</replaceable> [ AS <replac
column leaves the other fields null.) When referencing a
column with <literal>ON CONFLICT DO UPDATE</>, do not include
the table's name in the specification of a target column. For
- example, <literal>INSERT ... ON CONFLICT DO UPDATE tab SET
- table_name.col = 1</> is invalid (this follows the general
+ example, <literal>INSERT INTO table_name ... ON CONFLICT DO UPDATE
+ SET table_name.col = 1</> is invalid (this follows the general
behavior for <command>UPDATE</>).
</para>
</listitem>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/update.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/update.sgml
index 35b0699f086..c50434f85f9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/update.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/update.sgml
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ UPDATE [ ONLY ] <replaceable class="PARAMETER">table_name</replaceable> [ * ] [
The column name can be qualified with a subfield name or array
subscript, if needed. Do not include the table's name in the
specification of a target column — for example,
- <literal>UPDATE tab SET tab.col = 1</> is invalid.
+ <literal>UPDATE table_name SET table_name.col = 1</> is invalid.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
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