From a2769a4e2137bda5f3ad2834fbb5f353f86cab40 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Meskes <meskes@postgresql.org>
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 16:00:32 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fixed incorrect description of EXEC SQL VAR command.
Thanks to MauMau <maumau307@gmail.com> for finding and fixing this.
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doc/src/sgml/ecpg.sgml | 12 +++++++-----
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ecpg.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ecpg.sgml
index 68bcb13ca04..c629726affe 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ecpg.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ecpg.sgml
@@ -7691,9 +7691,9 @@ VAR <replaceable>varname</replaceable> IS <replaceable>ctype</replaceable>
<title>Description</title>
<para>
- The <command>VAR</command> command defines a host variable. It
- is equivalent to an ordinary C variable definition inside a
- declare section.
+ The <command>VAR</command> command assigns a new C data type
+ to a host variable. The host variable must be previously
+ declared in a declare section.
</para>
</refsect1>
@@ -7725,8 +7725,10 @@ VAR <replaceable>varname</replaceable> IS <replaceable>ctype</replaceable>
<title>Examples</title>
<programlisting>
-EXEC SQL VAR vc IS VARCHAR[10];
-EXEC SQL VAR boolvar IS bool;
+Exec sql begin declare section;
+short a;
+exec sql end declare section;
+EXEC SQL VAR a IS int;
</programlisting>
</refsect1>
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