From cafebdd4d880664a065ae58b7e05fb7a73b36c9a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 03:18:23 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add comment on old sytax for SELECT FOR UPDATE/LIMIT and
COPY.
---
doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml | 17 +++++++++++++++--
doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml | 5 +++--
2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml
index 7048636171e..c5c8fcbb947 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml,v 1.37 2002/08/04 05:22:02 tgl Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml,v 1.38 2002/08/30 03:18:23 momjian Exp $
PostgreSQL documentation
-->
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ COPY <replaceable class="parameter">table</replaceable> [ ( <replaceable class="
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
<term><replaceable class="parameter">column</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
@@ -699,6 +699,19 @@ ZW ZIMBABWE
<para>
There is no <command>COPY</command> statement in SQL92.
</para>
+ <para>
+ The following syntax was used by pre-7.3 servers and is still supported:
+ <synopsis>
+ COPY [ BINARY ] <replaceable class="parameter">table</replaceable> [ WITH OIDS ]
+ FROM { '<replaceable class="parameter">filename</replaceable>' | <filename>stdin</filename> }
+ [ [USING] DELIMITERS '<replaceable class="parameter">delimiter</replaceable>' ]
+ [ WITH NULL AS '<replaceable class="parameter">null string</replaceable>' ]
+ COPY [ BINARY ] <replaceable class="parameter">table</replaceable> [ WITH OIDS ]
+ TO { '<replaceable class="parameter">filename</replaceable>' | <filename>stdout</filename> }
+ [ [USING] DELIMITERS '<replaceable class="parameter">delimiter</replaceable>' ]
+ [ WITH NULL AS '<replaceable class="parameter">null string</replaceable>' ]
+ </synopsis>
+ </para>
</refsect2>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml
index f6dd0397570..1feaa6f7b48 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml,v 1.58 2002/08/29 00:17:01 tgl Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml,v 1.59 2002/08/30 03:18:23 momjian Exp $
PostgreSQL documentation
-->
@@ -868,7 +868,8 @@ SELECT name FROM distributors ORDER BY code;
<para>
FOR UPDATE cannot be used in contexts where returned rows can't be clearly
identified with individual table rows; for example it can't be used with
- aggregation.
+ aggregation. FOR UPDATE may also appear before LIMIT for portability with
+ pre-7.3 servers.
</para>
</refsect2>
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